Ratings Day

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By Chooch | Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | 1:41 pm | 0 Comments

“Will you let me break your heart on national TV? It’s in my contract.”

The ratings are in & The Bachelor finale did great, but what about the After the Final Rose specials? …..and who’s #1 this week. Check it all out after the jump….

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“I’m not singing “Love Story” for you.”

America’s favorite show is American Idol on FOX. It not only took the top spot on it’s regular Tuesday & Wednesday night timeslots, but took over Thursday night as well with it’s “Wild Card” special. Former Idol, Taylor Swift, gave them a run for their money though, appearing on CSI on CBS & coming in behind Idol by only 600,000 viewers. (and she didn’t even sing!). ABC’s The Bachelor: After the Final Rose drew more viewers than The Bachelor finale. We American’s love a good soap opera & Jason went from most popular bachelor ever to most hated in a matter of minutes! Who could ask for better TV entertainment than that.

Mr. Nielson LOVES American Idol too. Here’s his list of “Top Twenty” for the week March 2-8.

1. American Idol FOX (Tues.) 24.3 mil

2. American Idol FOX (Wed.) 22.8 mil

3. American Idol FOX (Thurs.) 21.5 mil

4. CSI CBS 20.9 mil

5. The Bachelor: After the Final Rose ABC 17.5 mil

6. The Bachelor (finale) ABC 15.5 mil

7. Two and a Half Men CBS 15.5 mil

8. NCIS CBS (repeat) 13.7 mil

9. Desperate Housewives ABC 13.6 mil

10. CSI: Miami CBS 13.4 mil

11. 60 Minutes CBS 13.3 mil

12. The Mentalist CBS (repeat) 12.6 mil

13. Cold Case CBS 12.6 mil

14. Eleventh Hour CBS 12.1 mil

15. Survivor: Tocantins CBS 11.9 mil

16. Rules of Engagement CBS 11.8 mil

17. 24 FOX 11.1 mil

18. How I Met Your Mother CBS 11.1 mil

19. Ghost Whisperer CBS 11.1 mil

20. The Bachelor: After the Final Rose #2 ABC 10.9 mil

Once again, no sign of NBC on the list. Well let’s just move on to the “Top Ten” cable shows for the week of March 2-8.

This “Tween” show is gaining momentum!

1 ICarly NICK (Sat 8pm) 6.2mil

2 Burn Notice USA (finale) 6mil

3 WWE Wrestling USA (10-11pm) 5.7mil

4 WWE Wrestling USA (9-10pm) 5.2mil

5 NCIS USA (Mon 7-8pm) 4.6mil

6 NCIS USA (Mon 8-9pm) 4.5mil

7 True Jackson, VP NICK (Sat 8:30pm) 4.4mil

8 NCIS USA (Tues 7-8pm) 4.2mil

9 Hannah Montana DSNY (Sun 7:30pm) 4.2mil

10 ICarly NICK (Sun 11am) 4mil

That’s it for this week kids. I’ll check back next week & we’ll see if Dancing with the Stars made the list.

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chooch

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I'm a retired barwhore, who owned a drinking establishment for 20+ years. I've seen it all & done alot of it myself. I AM TV Patrol! I keep you all informed on new shows, specials, cancellations & the Nielson Ratings. I also contribute to "About Last Night". Award shows & the red carpet fashions in "Fashiongasm" are also on my agenda. I'm an expert in television viewing & I'm not afraid to voice my opinion about what sucks or doesn't suck on TV. Oh... and I'm always right.