Reality TV is big in the ratings this week. As usual, American Idol is top dog, with Dancing With the Stars right on it's heels. The news magazine,60 Minutes, came in at #14. Both of CBS's 'reality' shows made the list too. Either Survivor or The Amazing Race make the list, but this week both are there. CBS is still king of network TV with 12 shows in the Top Twenty. Three of their shows were repeats. Still no sign of NBC.

Here is Mr. Nielson's "Top Twenty" list for the week of April 13-19:

1. American Idol (tues.) FOX 24.4mil
2. American Idol (wed.) FOX 24.1mil
3. Dancing With the Stars ABC 19.5mil
4. CSI CBS 15.7mil
5. Dancing With The Stars (tues. results) ABC 15.2mil
6. Two and A Half Men CBS 15mil
7. Desperate Housewives ABC 13.9mil
8. NCIS CBS (repeat) 13.6mil
9. CSI: Miami CBS 13.4mil
10. Without A Trace CBS 13.2mil
11. House FOX 12.2mil
12. The Mentalist CBS (repeat) 12.2mil
13. CSI: NY CBS 12.1mil
14. 60 Minutes CBS 12mil
15. Survivor: Toncatins CBS 11.6mil
16. Rules of Engagement CBS 11.6mil
17. Bones FOX 11mil
18. 24 FOX 10.9mil
19. Criminal Minds CBS (repeat) 10.6mil
20. Amazing Race CBS 10.3mil

J.J. Abrams is still doing well with Fringe at #22 and LOST at #28. CBS's thriller,Harper's Island, which premiered last week at #20 , dropped considerably to #34, despite it's popular lead-in show, CSI at #4. That is NOT good.

This week I'm posting each network's "Top Twenty" list. This way you can find your favorite show & see how it's doing in viewership.

1 CSI 15.7mil
2 Two & a Half Men 15mil
3 NCIS (repeat) 13.5mil
4 CSI: Miami 13.3mil
5 Without a Trace13.2mil
6 The Mentalist (repeat) 12.2mil
7 CSI: NY 12.1mil
8 60 Minutes 12mil
9 Survivor: Tocantin 11.6mil
10 Rules of Engagement 11.6mil
11 Criminal Minds (repeat) 10.5mil
12 Amazing Race 14 10.3mil
13 Big Bang Theory 10mil
14 Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler 9.8mil
15 How I Met Your Mother 9.5mil
16 Harper's Island 7.8mil
17 48 Hours Mystery 7.2mil
18 NUMB3RS (repeat) 6.7mil
19 Ghost Whisperer (repeat) 6.5mil
20 Flashpoint (repeat) 6.3mil

1 Dancing With the Stars (mon.) 19.4mil
2 Dancing With the Stars (tues. results) 15.2mil
3 Desperate Housewives 13.8mil
4 Surviving Suburbia 9.7mil
5 Brothers & Sisters 9.4mil
6 LOST 9.2mil
7 America's Funniest Home Videos 7.5mil
8 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (repeat) 7.4mil
9 Castle 7.2mil
10 Cupid 6mil
11 The Unusuals 6mil
12 Wife Swap 5.4mil
13 20/20 (fri.) 5.2mil
14 Scrubs (wed.) 5mil
15 Grey's Anatomy (thurs. repeat) 5mil
16 Samantha Who? 4.8mil
17 Better Off Ted 4.7mil
18 In the Motherhood 4.6mil
19 Supernanny 4.5mil
20 According to Jim 4.4mil


1 Southland 9.6mil
2 Biggest Loser 9.1mil
3 Celebrity Apprentice 8.4mil
4 The Office 8.3mil
5 Medium 7.6mil
6 30 Rock 7.3mil
7 Dateline (fri.) 7mil
8 HEROES 6.8mil
9 Law & Order: SVU (repeat) 6.4mil
10 Chuck 6.2mil
11 Parks & Recreation 6mil
12 Law & Order (repeat) 5.9mil
13 My Name is Earl 5.3mil
14 Law & Order: SVU (wed. repeat) 5.2mil
15 Law & Order (wed. repeat) 5.1mil
16 MISS USA 2009 4.9mil
17 Law & Order: SVU (sat. repeat) 4.1mil
18 Southland (sat. repeat) 3.5mil
19 Howie Do It (8:30pm) 3.3mil
20 Howie Do It (8pm) 3.1mil


1 American Idol (tues.) 24.3mil
2 American Idol (wed.) 24.1mil
3 House 12.1mil
4 Bones (wed. 8pm) 11mil
5 24 10.8mil
6 Fringe 10.1mil
7 Bones 8.8mil
8 Hell's Kitchen 8.1mil
9 Family Guy 7.3mil
10 The Simpsons 6.5mil
11 NASCAR Sprint Cup 5.9mil
12 American Dad 5.7mil
13 Sit Down, Shut Up (premiere) 5.1mil
14 NASCAR Sprint Cup (pre-race show) 4.1mil
15 King of the Hill 3.3mil
16 Prison Break (fri) 3.3mil
17 Prison Break (repeat) 2.6mil
18 American Dad (repeat) 2.4mil

I didn't post any cable ratings this week because nothing has changed. USA's WWE Wrestling is still at the top of the heap & Nickelodeon's SpongeBob Squarepants is close behind.

There ya have it kids. Watch for my weekend report.

love
chooch

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