Nielsen Ratings

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Prime-Time Nielsen Ratings

Week of October 23 through October 29

1. (2) "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 21.24 million viewers.
2. (22) "NFL National Post Game," CBS, 20.83 million viewers.
3. (4) "Dancing with the Stars," ABC, 20.70 million viewers.
4. (6) "Dancing with the Stars Results," ABC, 20.02 million viewers.
5. (5) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 17.83 million viewers.
6. (7) "CSI: NY," CBS, 17.42 million viewers.
7. (7) "NBC Sunday Night Football: Dallas at Carolina," NBC, 17.33 million viewers.
8. (10) "Lost," ABC, 17.09 million viewers.
9. (3) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 16.83 million viewers.
10. (9) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 16.77 million viewers.
11. (17) "60 Minutes," CBS, 16.55 million viewers.
12. (X) "World Series Game 5: Detroit vs. St. Louis," Fox, 16.28 million viewers.
13. (X) "World Series Game 4: Detroit vs. St. Louis," Fox, 16.11 million viewers.
14. (15) "Deal or No Deal," (Monday), NBC, 15.83 million viewers.
15. (25) "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," ABC, 15.63 million viewers.
16. (X) "World Series Game 3: Detroit vs. St. Louis," Fox, 15.58 million viewers.
17. (11) "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 15.03 million viewers.
18. (26) "Heroes," NBC, 14.45 million viewers.
19. (15) "Cold Case," CBS, 14.16 million viewers.
20. (12) "Without a Trace," CBS, 13.37 million viewers.

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Oct. 23-29. Top 20 listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.

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Prime-Time Nielsen Ratings

Week of October 30 through November 5

1. (2) "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 22.65 million viewers.
2. (7) "NBC Sunday Night Football: Indianapolis at New England," NBC, 21.95 million viewers.
3. (1) "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 21.03 million viewers.
4. (3) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 20.77 million viewers.
5. (4) "Dancing with the Stars," ABC, 20.51 million viewers.
6. (5) "Dancing with the Stars Results," ABC, 19.22 million viewers.
7. (9) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 16.97 million viewers.
8. (15) "Deal or No Deal" (Monday), NBC, 16.90 million viewers.
9. (8) "CSI: NY," CBS, 16.64 million viewers.
10. (10) "Lost," ABC, 16.07 million viewers.
11. (16) "NCIS," CBS, 15.94 million viewers.
12. (16) "60 Minutes," CBS, 15.31 million viewers.
13. (19) Survivor: Cook Islands," CBS, 15.30 million viewers.
14. (25) "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," ABC, 15.28 million viewers.
15. (26) "Heroes," NBC, 14.89 million viewers.
16. (30) "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 14.61 million viewers.
17. (6) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 14.47 million viewers.
18. (13) "House," Fox, 14.18 million viewers.
19. (18) "Cold Case," CBS, 13.96 million viewers.
20. (22) "ER," NBC, 13.85 million viewers.

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Prime-Time Nielsen Ratings

Weekly Ratings for November 6 to November 12


1. (2) "Desperate Housewives,"ABC, 22.27 million viewers.
2. (4) "Dancing with the Stars,"ABC, 21.98 million viewers.
3. (3) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,"CBS, 20.83 million viewers.
4. (5) "Dancing with the Stars Results,"ABC, 20.69 million viewers.
5. (1) "Grey's Anatomy,"ABC, 20.65 million viewers.
6. (7) "NBC Sunday Night Football: Chicago vs. N.Y. Giants,"NBC, 19.39 million viewers.
7. (X) "Dancing with the Stars Recap,"ABC, 18.16 million viewers.
8. (8) "Criminal Minds,"CBS, 17.57 million viewers.
9. (10) "Lost,"ABC, 17.15 million viewers.
10. (6) "CSI: Miami,"CBS, 16.8 million viewers.

Prime-time ratings compiled by Nielsen Media Research. Top 10 listings include the week's ranking, with rating for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses.

An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation. The rating is the percentage of the nation's estimated 105.5 million TV homes. Each ratings point represents 1,055,000 households.

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Prime-Time Nielsen Ratings

Weekly Ratings for November 13 to November 19

1. (5) "Dancing with the Stars Results," ABC, 27.52 million viewers.
2. (4) "Dancing with the Stars," ABC, 26.80 million viewers.
3. (3) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 24.11 million viewers.
4. (23) "CBS NFL National Post Game," CBS, 23.76 million viewers.
5. (2) "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 21.63 million viewers.
6. (1) "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 20.92 million viewers.
7. (11) "60 Minutes," CBS, 19.16 million viewers.
8. (6) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 18.77 million viewers.
9. (14) "Deal or No Deal" (Monday), NBC, 18.07 million viewers.
10. (8) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 16.48 million viewers.
11. (8) "CSI: NY," CBS, 16.18 million viewers.
12. (11) "Two And a Half Men," CBS, 15.83 million viewers.
13. (16) "NCIS," CBS, 15.80 million viewers.
14. (20) "Survivor: Cook Islands," CBS, 15.35 million viewers.
15. (25) "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," ABC, 15.31 million viewers.
16. (20) "Shark," CBS, 15.24 million viewers.
17. (26) "Heroes," NBC, 15.09 million viewers.
18. (7) "NBC Sunday Night Football: San Diego at Denver," 15 million viewers.
19. (18) "Law & Order: SVU," NBC, 14.76 million viewers.
20. (14) "House," Fox, 14.60 million viewers.

Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.

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Prime-Time Nielsen Ratings

Weekly Ratings for November 20 to November 26


Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Nov. 20-26. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.

1. (2) "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 21.43 million viewers.

2. (6) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 18.54 million viewers.

3. (1) "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 18.51 million viewers.

4. (X) "Fox NFL Sunday Postgame," Fox, 17.59 million viewers.

5. (X) "Fox NFL Thursday Postgame," Fox, 17.19 million viewers.

6. (3) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 17.17 million viewers.

7. (15) "NCIS," CBS, 17.00 million viewers.

8. (14) "Deal or No Deal" (Monday), NBC, 16.97 million viewers.

9. (8) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 16.56 million viewers.

10. (25) "Heroes," NBC, 16.03 million viewers.

11. (9) "CSI: NY," CBS, 15.31 million viewers.

12. (7) "NBC Sunday Night Football," NBC, 15.22 million viewers.

13. (16) "House," Fox, 15.20 million viewers.

14. (11) "Two And a Half Men," CBS, 15.04 million viewers.

15. (25) "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," ABC, 14.65 million viewers.

16. (69) "Saturday Night Football," ABC, 14.64 million viewers.

17. (18) "Law & Order: SVU," NBC, 14.20 million viewers.

18. (X) "Boston Legal" (Special 11/26), ABC, 13.47 million viewers.

19. (12) "60 Minutes," CBS, 13.18 million viewers.

20. (X) "E.R." (Special 11/23), NBC, 13.04 million viewers.

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For the longest time I couldn't find the information at my usual sources, which I thought very odd because of November sweeps and all. It seems to be back now, so hopefully I can start up again.

TOP 10: NIELSENS

Weekly Ratings for January 1 to January 7

1. (X) NFL Playoffs: Dallas at Seattle,NBC, 26.77 million viewers.
2. (3) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,"CBS, 26.12 million viewers.
3. (X) "NFL Pre-Game Show,"NBC, 20.29 million viewers.
4. (2) "Desperate Housewives,"ABC, 18.71 million viewers.
5. (X) "NFL Post-Game Show,"Fox, 16.8 million viewers.
6. (21) "Law & Order: SVU,"NBC, 15.17 million viewers.
7. (X) College Football: Notre Dame vs. LSU,Fox, 14.417 million viewers.
8. (21) "Shark,"CBS, 14.416 million viewers.
9. (12) "Without a Trace,"CBS, 14.19 million viewers.
10. (15) "Cold Case,"CBS, 14.12 million viewers.

Prime-time ratings compiled by Nielsen Media Research. Top 10 listings include the week's ranking, with rating for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses.

An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation. The rating is the percentage of the nation's estimated 105.5 million TV homes. Each ratings point represents 1,055,000 households.

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Don't get in the way of the 'American Idol' 'death star'

Story Highlights
• "American Idol" nicknamed "death star"
• Shows up against it end up crushed
• "Heroes" beats "24"; both beaten by "Two and a Half Men" {Vidiette: hmm, that's a bit of a shocker to me}

NEW YORK (AP) -- There's a reason why rival television executives not-so-fondly refer to Fox's "American Idol" as the "death star."

The talent show, which attracted more than 32 million viewers for each of its audition episodes last week, eclipsed everything in prime-time TV last week and was particularly cruel for the shows unlucky enough to air at the same time, Nielsen Media Research said on Tuesday.

ABC's new comedy "Knights of Prosperity" (3.6 million viewers), NBC's critical favorite "Friday Night Lights" (5.7 million) and CBS' dead-on-arrival reality show "Armed & Famous" (4.2 million) are some of the programs that wilted last week in direct competition with "Idol."

One of the few shows that seemed impervious to the Fox phenomenon was Univision's Spanish-language soap opera, "La Fea Mas Bella," which had more viewers at 8 p.m. Wednesday (6.3 million) than anything NBC, ABC or CBS had to offer.

Fox spent much of last fall a distant fourth in the ratings. The new year is quite different: Fox was first last week and, thanks mainly to "Idol," had more than double the average prime-time audience among adults aged 18-to-34 than any other network, Nielsen said.

In another intriguing network competition, NBC's new serial "Heroes" returned from a hiatus last Monday with 14.9 million viewers, beating Fox's "24" (14.5 million) in the same time slot. Neither show, however, could beat CBS's "Two and a Half Men" (15.8 million) at 9 p.m.

For the week, Fox averaged 12.6 million viewers (7.4 rating, 11 share). CBS had 11.6 million viewers, although its rating and share (7.5, 12) were higher than Fox, an indication that families and friends were watching "American Idol" together. ABC had 8 million viewers (5.2, 8), NBC had 7.7 million (5.0, 8), the CW had 3.3 million (2.1, 3) and the i network had 680,000 (0.4, 1).

Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision averaged 3.9 million prime-time viewers (2.1 rating, 3 share), Telemundo had 850,000 (0.5, 1) and TeleFutura had 720,000 (0.4, 1)

NBC's "Nightly News" won the evening-news ratings race, averaging 9.3 million viewers (6.4, 12). ABC's "World News" had 9.1 million viewers (6.3, 12) and the "CBS Evening News" 7.5 million (5.2, 10).

A ratings point represents 1,114,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 111.4 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.

courtesy cnn.com