Nielsen Ratings

All placements are based on data from Nielsen Media Research. Only rankings are listed as actual ratings numbers are copyrighted by NMR.

Past Week

Network Rankings

Network Rankings for the week ending March 29, 2009

#	Households	People 2+	Adults 18-49
1	CBS	CBS	FOX
2	ABC	FOX	CBS
3	FOX	ABC	ABC
4	NBC	NBC	NBC
5	UNI	UNI	UNI
6	CW	CW	CW
7	MNT	MNT	Tel
8	Tel	Tel	MNT
9	ION	TF	TF
10	TF	ION	ION
11	AZA	AZA	AZA

Top Shows

Top 20 shows for the week ending March 29, 2009*

1. American Idol Wednesday
2. American Idol Thursday
3. Dancing with the Stars
4. NCIS
5. The Mentalist
6. Dancing with the Stars Results
7. Grey's Anatomy
8. 60 Minutes
9. Criminal Minds
10. CSI: Miami
11. CSI: NY
12. The Amazing Race
13. Cold Case
14. Two and a Half Men
15. NCAA Basketball Tournament Friday
16. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
17. NCAA Basketball Tournament Saturday
18. NCAA Basketball Tournament Thursday
19. 24
20. ER

*Ranked by total viewers, live plus unique same day DVR viewings only

Season-to-Date

Broadcast Networks

Network Rankings

Network Rankings through the week ending March 22, 2009

#	Households	People 2+	Adults 18-49
1	CBS	CBS	FOX
2	FOX	FOX	CBS
3	ABC	ABC	NBC
4	NBC	NBC	ABC
5	UNI	UNI	UNI
6	CW	CW	CW
7	MNT	MNT	MNT
8	Tel	Tel	Tel
9	ION	TF	TF
10	TF	ION	ION
11	AZA	AZA	AZA

Top Shows

Top 20 shows through the week ending March 22, 2009*

1. American Idol Wednesday
2. American Idol Tuesday
3. Dancing with the Stars
4. CSI
5. NCIS
6. The Mentalist
7. Dancing with the Stars Results
8. Desperate Housewives
9. Sunday Night Football
10. Criminal Minds
11. Two and a Half Men
12. 60 Minutes
13. Grey's Anatomy
14. CSI: Miami
15. Survivor: Gabon
16. Survivor: Tocantins
17. CSI: NY
18. House, M.D.
19. 24
20. Without a Trace

*Ranked by total viewers

Historical

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