American Idol - Fox Dominates Nielsen List

Once again, three nights of enormous ratings for American Idol put Fox well ahead on the Nielsen list for last week. Each episode of the show wound up at the top of the ratings chart. Moreover, two shows that followed them, House and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, placed fourth and fifth on the list. Fox wound up with an average 8.4 rating and a 14 share for the week. CBS, which offered mostly reruns against the Idol competition, settled for a 7.0/12. NBC finished fourth with a 5.1/8, while ABC trailed with a 4.5/7.

The top ten shows of the week according to Nielsen Research:
1. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 16.7/26; 2. American Idol (Thursday), Fox, 16.0/25; 3. American Idol (Tuesday), Fox, 15.9/24; 4. House, Fox, 14.1/22; 5. Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Fox, 11.8/18; 6. Deal or No Deal (Monday), NBC, 110./17; 6. Without a Trace, CBS, 110./18; 8. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 10.0/15; 9. CSI: Miami, CBS, 9.6/17; 10. Cold Case, CBS, 9.5/15; 10. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 9.5/14.

14/03/2007