Dancing outdrew basketball in the past week

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NCAA March MadnessThe 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