American Idol Keeps Top 2 Spots For Adults 18-49
Fox’s American Idol continues to hold the top 2 spots for season to date (STD) adults 18-49, the group most coveted by advertisers, through June 8, 2008.
Rounding out the top 10 were the Tuesday airing of House, NBC Sunday Night Football, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, Moment of Truth, Heroes, Monday’s Dancing With the Stars and Hell’s Kitchen.
Although the 2007-8 broadcast prime-time season is “officially” over, technically the season extends until the new season begins in September, 2008 and we will continue to report the season to date ratings.
Season To Date Top Broadcast Shows For Adults 18-49 through June 8, 2008
| Rank | Programs | Network | STD Adults 18-49 Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY | FOX | 13,978 |
| 2 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 13,450 |
| 3 | HOUSE | FOX | 8,405 |
| 4 | NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | NBC | 8,291 |
| 5 | DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES | ABC | 7,748 |
| 6 | GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM | ABC | 7,633 |
| 7 | MOMENT OF TRUTH | FOX | 7,058 |
| 8 | HEROES | NBC | 6,958 |
| 9 | DANCING W/THE STARS-MON | ABC | 6,922 |
| 10 | HELL’S KITCHEN | FOX | 6,566 |
| 11 | LOST | ABC | 6,401 |
| 12 | DANCING W/STARS RESULT-TU | ABC | 6,200 |
| 13 | HOUSE-MON 9P | FOX | 6,180 |
| 14 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 6,128 |
| 15 | SURVIVOR: CHINA | CBS | 6,083 |
| 16 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 5,867 |
| 17 | THE OT | FOX | 5,727 |
| 18 | EXTREME MAKEOVER:HOME ED. | ABC | 5,641 |
| 19 | CSI | CBS | 5,634 |
| 20 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | ABC | 5,589 |
There were no new additions or subtractions from the list this week, nor were there any position changes. ABC leads the network race with 8 of the shows in the top 20, Fox put 7 shows in the top 20, CBS 3 and NBC only 2.
Our chart shows the top 20 shows ranked on a season to date (STD) basis for adults 18-49.
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2008 Nielsen Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
