The NCAA semi-final game Saturday on CBS in which Kansas beat Ohio State topped the 18-49 ratings for the past week, but the Household ratings from Nielsen were very different. The game managed only a tie for 5th place, while “Dancing with the Stars” on ABC was tops.
March Madness did help carry CBS to an across-the-board ratings win, topping both HH and the 18-49 demo.
In 18-49 CBS had an average rating of 2.8 and an 8 share, with Fox at 2.2/7, ABC 1.8/5, NBC 1.6/4, Univision 1.4/4, CW 0.6/2, Telemundo 0.5/1, Ion and TeleFutura 0.3/1, EstrellaTV 0.1/0 and Azteca America 0.0/0.
For HH CBS was at 7.1/12, ABC 4.9/8, Fox 4.0/7, NBC 3.1/5, Univision 1.9/3, CW 0.9/1, Ion 0.7/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.
Here are the week’s top 20 programs:
The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report | |||||
Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 03/26/12 – 04/01/12 | |||||
Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) |
1 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 11.5 | 18 | 17961 |
1 | NCIS | CBS | 11.5 | 19 | 18619 |
3 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 10.5 | 17 | 17871 |
4 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | ABC | 10.2 | 16 | 15743 |
5 | AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY | FOX | 9.6 | 16 | 15875 |
5 | CBS NCAA BSKBL CHAMP SA-2(S) | CBS | 9.6 | 17 | 16603 |
7 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 9.2 | 14 | 14753 |
8 | PERSON OF INTEREST | CBS | 9.0 | 14 | 14588 |
9 | MENTALIST, THE | CBS | 8.6 | 15 | 13615 |
10 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 8.5 | 14 | 13956 |
11 | ACM AWARDS(S) | CBS | 7.9 | 13 | 13087 |
12 | CBS NCAA BSKBL-BRIDGE(S) | CBS | 7.8 | 15 | 13605 |
13 | CASTLE | ABC | 7.6 | 13 | 11874 |
14 | DANCING W/STARS: STORY(S) | ABC | 7.3 | 12 | 10696 |
15 | VOICE | NBC | 7.1 | 11 | 11996 |
16 | BLUE BLOODS | CBS | 6.8 | 12 | 10717 |
16 | UNFORGETTABLE | CBS | 6.8 | 11 | 10510 |
18 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 6.6 | 12 | 10086 |
19 | BODY OF PROOF | ABC | 6.5 | 11 | 9722 |
20 | CSI: NY | CBS | 6.1 | 11 | 9453 |
Source: The Nielsen Company |