CBS was week's most-watched network, Nielsen says

A formidable slate of what's been called "crime-and-cry" dramas kept CBS on top in viewership last week, according to Nielsen Media Research.

It was the ninth straight week that CBS led the pack, scoring eight of the week's top 10 scripted programs (including freshman drama "The Mentalist," ranked No. 4).

Meanwhile, Fox's "American Idol" held the top two positions (for the Tuesday and Wednesday editions, respectively). And ABC grabbed the No. 3 slot with the Monday edition of its own reality-competition series, "Dancing with the Stars." Tuesday's "Dancing" results show took 7th place.

For the week, CBS prevailed with an average of 11.1 million viewers (6.9 household rating, 12 share). Fox was runner-up with 8.9 million viewers (5.3 rating, 9 share). ABC had 8.4 million viewers (5.5 rating, 9 share), NBC 6.4 million (4.2 rating, 7 share), the CW 2.0 million (1.3 rating, 2 share), My Network TV 1.6 million (1.0 rating, 2 share), and ION Television 670,000 (0.4 rating, 1 share).

Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision had 3.6 million viewers (1.9 rating, 3 share), Telemundo 1.1 million (0.6 rating, 1 share), TeleFutura 710,000 (0.3 rating, 1 share) and Azteca 150,000 (0.1 rating, 0 share).

NBC's "Nightly News" topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.4 million viewers (5.7 rating, 12 share). ABC's "World News" was second with 7.7 million (5.2 rating, 11 share) and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.7 million viewers (4 rating, 8 share).

A ratings point represents 1,145,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 114.5 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.

For the week of April 27-May 3, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox, 23.26 million; "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 22.37 million; "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 19.29 million; "The Mentalist," CBS, 17.11 million; "NCIS," CBS, 16.70 million; "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 15.54 million; "Dancing With the Stars Results," ABC, 14.72 million; "Two and a Half Men 1-7 dvd box set," CBS, 14.16 million; "Grey's Anatomy" (Thursday, 9 p.m.), 14.12 million; "Criminal Minds," CBS, 13.61 million.

ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co.; CBS is owned by CBS Corp.; CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp.; Fox and My Network TV are units of News Corp.; NBC and Telemundo are owned by General Electric Co.; ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks; TeleFutura is a division of Univision; Azteca America is a wholly owned subsidiary of TV Azteca S.A. de C.V.


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