What did you expect? Of course the #1 show on television, “American Idol,” dominated the ratings for Week 35 as the 2008-09 season came to a conclusion. Fox won the week in Households, 18-49 and pretty much any other demo you can chose.
In HH Fox scored a 5.9 rating and 11 share, with CBS at 5.7/10, ABC 4.7/8, NBC 3.0/5, Univision 1.8/3, CW 1.0/2, MyNetworkTV 0.9/2, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura and Ion 0.4/1 and Azteca America 0.2/0.
Fox was well ahead of the pack in 18-49, followed by ABC and CBS in a tie, Univision, NBC, a tie by Telemundo and CW, another tie by TeleFutura and MyNetworkTV and a final tie by Azteca America and Ion.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows.
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Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report |
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Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 05/18/09 – 05/24/09 |
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Rank |
Program |
Network |
HH Rating |
HH Share |
2+ Audience (000) |
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1 |
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY |
FOX |
16.1 |
27 |
28838 |
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2 |
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY |
FOX |
13.5 |
22 |
23822 |
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3 |
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS |
ABC |
12.6 |
20 |
20311 |
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4 |
DANCING WITH THE STARS |
ABC |
12.2 |
20 |
19166 |
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5 |
MENTALIST, THE |
CBS |
10.4 |
16 |
16820 |
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6 |
NCIS |
CBS |
10.3 |
17 |
16505 |
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7 |
TWO AND A HALF MEN |
CBS |
9.9 |
15 |
16183 |
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8 |
CSI: MIAMI |
CBS |
8.9 |
15 |
14197 |
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9 |
CRIMINAL MINDS |
CBS |
8.7 |
14 |
13986 |
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10 |
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT |
CBS |
7.9 |
12 |
12871 |
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11 |
WITHOUT A TRACE |
CBS |
7.3 |
12 |
11209 |
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12 |
CSI |
CBS |
6.5 |
11 |
9881 |
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13 |
BACHELORETTE, THE |
ABC |
5.9 |
10 |
8690 |
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14 |
24 |
FOX |
5.7 |
9 |
9645 |
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15 |
GLEE PREVIEW TUE-5/19 9P(S) |
FOX |
5.6 |
9 |
9619 |
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16 |
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER |
CBS |
5.4 |
9 |
8733 |
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16 |
NBA PLAYOFFS ON ABC-SAT 3(S) |
ABC |
5.4 |
11 |
8731 |
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18 |
60 MINUTES |
CBS |
5.3 |
11 |
8140 |
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18 |
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU |
FOX |
5.3 |
9 |
8846 |
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20 |
DANCING W/STARS SP-5/19(S) |
ABC |
5.0 |
8 |
7647 |
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20 |
NCIS THURSDAY 8PM SPECIAL(S) |
CBS |
5.0 |
9 |
7345 |
Source: The Nielsen Company
