Lost, Two And A Half Men Move Up, House Poised to Drop
American Idol continues to hold the top two spots in the season to date race for both adults 18-49 and total viewers. However, both the Tuesday and Wednesday airings lost both season to date viewers and adults 18-49 compared to their averages last week.
Desperate Housewives yet again saw both its season to date averages slip a bit, but maintained the #3 spot for 18-49 and the #6 spot for total viewers. With its lackluster return numbers this week, I think it’s likely that House will start moving down in the rankings beginning next week, so Housewives won’t see much competitive pressure.
Season To Date Top Primetime Shows though April 27, 2008
|
Adults 18-49 STD Rank |
Programs |
Network |
STD Adults 18-49 Live+SD (000) |
STD Viewers Live+SD (000) |
Viewers STD Rank |
% of viewers between 18-49 |
|
1 |
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY |
FOX |
14,371 | 28,236 |
1 |
50.9% |
|
2 |
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY |
FOX |
13,643 | 26,829 |
2 |
50.9% |
|
3 |
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES |
ABC |
8,621 | 17,497 |
6 |
49.3% |
|
4 |
HOUSE |
FOX |
8,405 | 16,208 |
8 |
51.9% |
|
5 |
NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL |
NBC |
8,291 | 15,862 |
9 |
52.3% |
|
6 |
MOMENT OF TRUTH |
FOX |
7,797 | 14,172 |
12 |
55.0% |
|
7 |
GREY’S ANATOMY |
ABC |
7,377 | 14,148 |
13 |
52.1% |
|
8 |
HEROES |
NBC |
6,958 | 11,575 |
|
60.1% |
|
9 |
DANCING W/THE STARS-MON |
ABC |
6,922 | 21,150 |
3 |
32.7% |
|
10 |
HELL’S KITCHEN |
FOX |
6,658 | 11,154 |
|
59.7% |
|
11 |
LOST |
ABC |
6,429 | 11,901 |
|
54.0% |
|
12 |
DANCING WITH THE STARS |
ABC |
6,370 | 19,592 |
4 |
32.5% |
|
13 |
DANCING W/STARS RESULT-TU |
ABC |
6,200 | 19,163 |
5 |
32.4% |
|
14 |
SURVIVOR: CHINA |
CBS |
6,083 | 14,280 |
11 |
42.6% |
|
15 |
EXTREME MAKEOVER:HOME ED. |
ABC |
5,952 | 12,998 |
16 |
45.8% |
|
16 |
TWO AND A HALF MEN |
CBS |
5,857 | 12,960 |
17 |
45.2% |
|
17 |
CSI |
CBS |
5,849 | 15,822 |
10 |
37.0% |
|
18 |
THE OT |
FOX |
5,727 | 10,788 |
|
53.1% |
|
19 |
SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK |
NBC |
5,551 | 10,991 |
|
50.5% |
|
20 |
SURVIVOR: MICRONESIA |
CBS |
5,534 | 12,783 |
19 |
43.3% |
Lost moved up one spot in the STD adults 18-49 rankings to #11, past one of the 3 airings of Dancing With The Stars.
Two and a Half Men also moved up the STD adults 18-49 rankings to #16 from #17 last week, passing CSI.
Our chart shows the top 20 shows ranked on a season to date (STD) basis for adults 18-49 as well as those shows season to date average viewership numbers and rank.
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2008 Nielsen Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
