NBC isn’t yet in a position to mount a challenge to be the #1 network, but it did have the #1 show last week in the all-important 18-49 demo as “The Voice” topped Fox’s “American Idol,” which had to settle for the Household win. CBS was the overall winner in HH, while Fox won 18-49.
In HH CBS had an average rating of 6.0 and a 10 share, with Fox at 4.1/7, NBC 3.8/6, ABC 3.6/6, Univision 1.8/3, Ion 0.8/1, CW and Telemundo 0.7/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.
In 18-49 Fox was at 2.4/7, with CBS 2.0/6, NBC 1.8/5, ABC 1.6/5, Univision 1.3/4, Telemundo 0.6/2, Ion and TeleFutura 0.3/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.
Here are the week’s top 20 programs:
| The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report | |||||
| Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 03/05/12 – 03/11/12 | |||||
| Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH share | 2+ Audience (000) |
| 1 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 10.9 | 17 | 18692 |
| 2 | AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY | FOX | 10.2 | 16 | 17266 |
| 3 | VOICE | NBC | 9.7 | 15 | 16848 |
| 4 | PERSON OF INTEREST | CBS | 9.6 | 15 | 15671 |
| 5 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 9.2 | 15 | 15045 |
| 6 | NCIS | CBS | 9.1 | 14 | 14494 |
| 7 | MENTALIST, THE | CBS | 8.7 | 15 | 13838 |
| 8 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 7.9 | 12 | 12102 |
| 9 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE-SP(S) | CBS | 7.5 | 12 | 12412 |
| 10 | MENTALIST, THE-FRIDAY-SP(S) | CBS | 7.1 | 12 | 11344 |
| 11 | BLUE BLOODS | CBS | 7.0 | 12 | 11014 |
| 12 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 6.9 | 12 | 10528 |
| 12 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 6.9 | 11 | 10724 |
| 14 | GOOD WIFE, THE | CBS | 6.4 | 10 | 9884 |
| 15 | SURVIVOR: ONE WORLD | CBS | 6.3 | 10 | 10783 |
| 16 | UNDERCOVER BOSS | CBS | 5.9 | 10 | 9395 |
| 17 | UNFORGETTABLE | CBS | 5.8 | 10 | 8333 |
| 18 | HARRY’S LAW | NBC | 5.7 | 9 | 9047 |
| 19 | ONCE UPON A TIME | ABC | 5.6 | 9 | 9289 |
| 20 | AMAZING RACE 20 | CBS | 5.5 | 9 | 9648 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company | |||||
