Fox and CBS tie for 18-49 crown in Week 26

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American Idol“American Idol” was tops again, but CBS still managed to tie Fox in the key 18-49 demo overall in the latest week. CBS also won the Household ratings with its strong stable of scripted shows. NBC challenger “The Voice” was strong again, but was the number two show in 18-49, topped by the Wednesday episode of Idol, but beating the Thursday episode.


In 18-49 CBS and Fox tied at an average rating of 2.2 and a 6 share. ABC was at 2.0/6, with NBC at 1.6/5, Univision 1.5/4, CW 0.6/2, Telemundo 0.5/1, Ion and TeleFutura 0.3/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.

In HH CBS was at 5.1/9, with ABC 4.4/7, Fox 3.9/7, NBC 3.5/6, 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.

Due to a tie, here are the week’s top 21 shows:

The   Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report
Network primetime   (Live + SD) week of 03/12/12 – 03/18/12
Rank Program Network HH Rating HH Share 2+ Audience (000)
1 AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY FOX 10.7 17 18384
2 AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY FOX 9.4 16 16021
3 VOICE NBC 8.4 13 14515
4 NCIS CBS 8.2 14 12978
5 CSI CBS 7.5 13 11706
6 CRIMINAL MINDS CBS 7.3 11 11427
6 NCIS: LOS ANGELES CBS 7.3 11 11334
8 60 MINUTES CBS 6.9 11 10800
9 MISSING ABC 6.8 11 10603
10 BACHELOR:AFTER FINAL ROSE(S) ABC 6.7 11 9866
11 GREY’S ANATOMY ABC 6.4 10 9619
11 MODERN FAMILY ABC 6.4 10 10600
13 GOOD WIFE, THE CBS 6.3 10 9579
14 SURVIVOR: ONE WORLD CBS 6.2 11 10564
15 BACHELOR, THE ABC 6.1 10 9233
16 AMAZING RACE 20 CBS 5.8 9 9545
16 CSI: MIAMI CBS 5.8 11 8544
16 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES ABC 5.8 9 9027
19 TOUCH ENCORE 3/15 9P(S) FOX 5.2 8 8574
20 HARRY’S LAW NBC 5.1 8 7965
20 HAWAII FIVE-0 CBS 5.1 8 7932
Source:   The Nielsen Company