AMERICAN IDOL - SAME OLD, SAME OLD RATINGS, THAT IS

SAME OLD, SAME OLD RATINGS, THAT IS

Until Fox's American Idol and ABC's Dancing With the Stars end their runs this season -- and they will in the coming weeks -- the weekly list of top-ten rated shows will continue to look mostly like carbon copies of one another. Total numbers for both shows are down significantly from their levels in recent years, but they still continue to be far ahead of anything else on network television. Last week's "results" episode of Idol attracted 23.6 million viewers, while the "performance" episode attracted 23.4 million. Dancing 's Monday-night show came in third with 20.3 million. Nevertheless, neither Fox nor ABC walked away with honors as the most-watched network. They went instead, as they have most of the season, to CBS, which averaged a 6.8 rating and a 12 share for the week. ABC placed second with an average 5.6/10, edging out Fox with a 5.3/9. NBC, which again could place no shows in the top ten, came in fourth with a 4.2/7.

The top ten shows of the week according to Nielsen Research 1. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 13.7/21; 2. American Ido l (Tuesday), Fox, 13.4/21; 3. Dancing With the Stars (Monday), ABC, 12.6/19; 4. The Mentalist, CBS, 10.4/16; 4. NCIS, CBS, 10.4/17; 6. Grey's Anatomy , ABC, 10.3/16; 7. Dancing With the Stars (Tuesday), ABC, 9.4/14; 8. CSI Crime Scene Investigation , CBS, 9.2/15; 9. Criminal Minds , CBS, 8.9/14; 10. CSI Miami, CBS, 8.7/14.

13/05/2009