American Idol Takes Top 2 Spots, Followed by Dancing With The Stars
The 2007-8 broadcast season officially ended on Sunday, September 21 and Fox’s American Idol took top 2 spots for average viewers for the annual season, followed by 4 different airings of Dancing With The Stars (two nights from Fall, two nights from Spring).
Rounding out the top 10 were NBC Sunday Night Football, Survivor: China, the Tuesday airing of House and CSI.
Now that the 2007-8 annual broadcast prime-time season is over next week we will begin reporting season to date results for the 2008-9.
Season To Date Top Broadcast Shows By Viewers
| Rank | Programs | Network | STD Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 1 | AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY | FOX | 27,665 |
| 2 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 26,843 |
| 3 | DANCING W/THE STARS-MON | ABC | 21,150 |
| 4 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 19,173 |
| 5 | DANCING W/STARS RESULT-TU | ABC | 19,163 |
| 6 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | ABC | 17,787 |
| 7 | NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | NBC | 15,862 |
| 8 | SURVIVOR: CHINA | CBS | 14,280 |
| 9 | HOUSE | FOX | 13,798 |
| 10 | CSI | CBS | 13,051 |
| 11 | SURVIVOR: MICRONESIA | CBS | 12,744 |
| 12 | NCIS | CBS | 12,172 |
| 13 | AMERICA’S GOT TALENT | NBC | 12,145 |
| 14 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 11,794 |
| 15 | LOST | ABC | 11,768 |
| 16 | HEROES | NBC | 11,575 |
| 17 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 11,496 |
| 18 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 11,448 |
| 19 | CBS NFL NATL POST GAME | CBS | 11,394 |
| 20 | DEAL OR NO DEAL-MON | NBC | 11,251 |
Our chart shows the top 20 shows ranked on a season to date (STD) basis for average viewers.
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2008 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
