TV ratings: ‘American Idol’ top 12, CBS dramas top Thursday

Fast National ratings for Thursday, March 11, 2010
The announcement of this season’s “American Idol” top 12 scored Thursday night’s best ratings, but CBS ended up leading the viewer race on the strength of “CSI” and “The Mentalist.”
The two dramas helped CBS lead the night in viewers as the network averaged 14.5 million people and an [...]

TV ratings: ‘Idol’ cruises Wednesday, ‘Top Model’ solid

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The return of “America’s Next Top Model” did pretty well for The CW Wednesday, but that didn’t carry over to the network’s new reality show “High Society.”

“American Idol” was off some from its season average but still carried FOX to the night’s top spot; the network averaged 14.15 [...]

TV ratings: ‘Idol’ is Tuesday’s top show, but CBS leads night

Fast National ratings for Tuesday, March 9, 2010
“American Idol” was once again Tuesday’s most-watched show, but CBS’ strength at 9 and 10 o’clock gave the network a win for the night.
CBS scored 16.8 million viewers and a 10.4 rating/17 share in primetime, beating the 15.2 million viewers and 8.7/14 for FOX. NBC (7.3 million, 4.6/8) [...]

TV Ratings: CBS comedies have last laugh over ‘Bachelor’ wedding

The second “Bachelor” /”Bachelorette” wedding only drew a third of the ratings of the first one, while the CBS comedy lineup propelled the eye to an overall win.
CBS won the night overall with an average of 13 million viewers and an 8.0 rating/13 share in households in primetime. FOX nabbed second with 10.8 million [...]

TV ratings: ‘Idol,’ ‘CSI,’ ‘Office’ baby lead Thursday

Fast National ratings for Thursday, March 4, 2010
Thursday night’s ratings were a bit of a hodgepodge: “American Idol” was the night’s top show, but CBS led the network race in viewers. “The Office” scored strong demo numbers with its baby episode, but “The Marriage Ref” took a big tumble from its debut on Sunday. Both [...]

TV ratings: ‘Idol’ scores another win Wednesday

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, March 3, 2010
“American Idol” steamrolled its way to another ratings win Wednesday night, giving FOX more than double the audience of its closest competitor.
FOX averaged 23.55 million viewers and a 13.4 rating/21 share in households for the night and finished far ahead of second-place CBS (10.5 million, 6.6/11). NBC (7.5 [...]

TV ratings: ‘American Idol’ guys have it Tuesday; ‘Parenthood’ so-so

Fast National ratings for Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Tuesday’s ratings were a little off across the board, but the usual order of things wasn’t affected, as “American Idol” ended the night on top. NBC’s “Parenthood” drew only a middling total audience but did win its hour in adults 18-49.
FOX led the night with 23.4 million viewers [...]

TV ratings: ‘Idol’s’ guys top Olympics Wednesday

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010
Wednesday’s ratings played out pretty much the same way that Tuesday’s did, with the top 12 men on “American Idol” beating the Winter Olympics by a decent margin in viewers and a larger spread in the demo.
For the night, “Idol” and FOX drew 22.8 million viewers and a [...]

TV ratings: ‘American Idol’ beats Olympics Tuesday

Fast National ratings for Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010
“American Idol” revealed a few of its top 24 on Tuesday, and that helped FOX beat NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics in the ratings.
FOX scored 23.6 million viewers and a 12.9 rating/19 share in households for the night, beating the 20.4 million and 12.2/19 for NBC. CBS [...]

TV ratings: ‘American Idol’ wins Wednesday, ‘Modern Family’ strong

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010
“American Idol” took its usual spot at the top of Wednesday’s ratings, but ABC’s comedy “Modern Family” posted some of its best ratings of the season opposite “Idol” — though that didn’t carry over to its companion show, “Cougar Town.”
“The Middle” also had a better-than-average night for ABC, [...]

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