The Grammy Awards broadcast scored huge numbers and helped propel CBS to a big weekly win in both Households and the 18-49 demo. #2 behind the Grammys was “NCIS,” also a CBS program, for total viewership. But in the highly desired 18-49 demo that #2 spot went to NBC’s “The Voice.”
In HH CBS scored an average 9.2 rating and 15 shares, well ahead of ABC at 4.1/7, Fox 4.1/6, NBC 4.0/6, Univision 1.8/3, CW 1.0/2, Ion 0.7/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.4/1 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.
In 18-49 CBS was at 4.2/11, with Fox 2.5/7, ABC and NBC 2.1/6, Univision 1.5/4, CW 0.7/2, Telemundo 0.5/1, Ion and TeleFutura 0.3/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.
Due to a tie, here are the week’s top 21 programs:
The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report | ||||||
Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 02/06/12 – 02/12/12 | ||||||
Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) | |
1 | GRAMMY AWARDS(S) | CBS | 21.7 | 33 | 39909 | |
2 | NCIS | CBS | 12.8 | 20 | 20976 | |
3 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 11.0 | 17 | 19325 | |
4 | AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY | FOX | 10.5 | 17 | 18132 | |
5 | VOICE | NBC | 10.1 | 15 | 17844 | |
6 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 10.0 | 15 | 16266 | |
7 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 9.7 | 16 | 16206 | |
8 | MENTALIST, THE | CBS | 9.1 | 15 | 14678 | |
8 | PERSON OF INTEREST | CBS | 9.1 | 14 | 15138 | |
10 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 8.9 | 14 | 14254 | |
11 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 8.3 | 13 | 13306 | |
12 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 7.9 | 12 | 13000 | |
13 | UNFORGETTABLE | CBS | 7.7 | 13 | 11863 | |
14 | BLUE BLOODS | CBS | 7.6 | 13 | 11822 | |
14 | MODERN FAMILY | ABC | 7.6 | 12 | 12899 | |
16 | SMASH | NBC | 7.4 | 12 | 11443 | |
17 | 2 BROKE GIRLS | CBS | 6.9 | 10 | 11467 | |
17 | CSI | CBS | 6.9 | 11 | 10884 | |
19 | CSI: NY | CBS | 6.8 | 11 | 10437 | |
20 | GREY’S ANATOMY | ABC | 6.7 | 10 | 10268 | |
20 | MIKE & MOLLY | CBS | 6.7 | 10 | 10954 | |
Source: The Nielsen Company |