The Eye Network claimed the top spot in both Household ratings and the prized 18-49 demo for the second week of the new season. “Two and a Half Men,” which is a CBS show, was the most watched program, while it was second to NBC’s “Sunday Night Football in 18-49.
For the record, “The Playboy Club” was #76 in HH and #81 in 18-49 – and fell even further on Monday (10/3) – before being canceled by NBC.
CBS moved up to the #1 position in 18-49 with an average 3.2 rating and 9 share, followed by Fox at 2.8/8, NBC 2.4/7, ABC 2.4/6, Univision 1.7/5, CW 0.8/2, Telemundo 0.5/1, Ion and TeleFutura 0.2/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.
In HH CBS was at 7.6/12, with ABC 5.6/9, NBC 4.5/7, Fox 4.3/7, Univision 2.1/3, CW 1.2/2, Ion and Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.3/0 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows:
| The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report | ||||||
| Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 09/26/11 – 10/02/11 | ||||||
| Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) | |
| 1 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 12.2 | 18 | 20525 | |
| 2 | NCIS | CBS | 12.0 | 19 | 19511 | |
| 3 | NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | NBC | 11.5 | 18 | 18900 | |
| 4 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 10.8 | 16 | 16227 | |
| 5 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 10.6 | 17 | 17105 | |
| 6 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 10.1 | 15 | 16265 | |
| 7 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | ABC | 9.3 | 14 | 14389 | |
| 8 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 8.8 | 15 | 14740 | |
| 9 | MIKE & MOLLY | CBS | 8.4 | 12 | 13861 | |
| 9 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | NBC | 8.4 | 14 | 14086 | |
| 11 | MENTALIST, THE | CBS | 8.1 | 13 | 12923 | |
| 11 | UNFORGETTABLE | CBS | 8.1 | 13 | 12426 | |
| 13 | MODERN FAMILY | ABC | 8.0 | 12 | 13449 | |
| 14 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 7.8 | 12 | 12581 | |
| 15 | PERSON OF INTEREST | CBS | 7.7 | 12 | 12515 | |
| 16 | CASTLE | ABC | 7.6 | 12 | 11665 | |
| 17 | CSI | CBS | 7.4 | 12 | 11759 | |
| 18 | BLUE BLOODS | CBS | 7.3 | 13 | 11296 | |
| 19 | 2 BROKE GIRLS | CBS | 7.1 | 10 | 11751 | |
| 19 | HAWAII FIVE-0 | CBS | 7.1 | 11 | 11257 | |
| Source: The Nielsen Company | ||||||
