Once again I'm combining the top 20 with adults 18-49 and the top 20 shows overall into one post with two separate tables. And no, NBC isn't paying us to put the 18-49 list first so they actually have a few shows in the list...
Grey's Anatomy led all scripted shows with adults 18-49, but had less than a 300,000 person lead over Two and a Half Men
J.J. Abrams is riding high with two top ten shows in the 18-49 list and a blockbuster Star Trek movie about to be released. Lost narrowly edged out Fringe by less than 150,000 adults 18-49. While both American Idol's topped the 18-49 list (and just about any list that can be made), Dancing with the Stars only placed the performance show among the top twenty shows with adults 18-49. The results show was #25.
Nielsen Top Twenty Shows (18-49 Demo) for the week ending 05/03/09:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Viewers (000) |
| 1 | AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY | FOX | 8.1 | 10,696 | |
| 2 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 7.7 | 10,162 | |
| 3 | GREY'S ANATOMY-THU 9PM | ABC | 5.1 | 6,750 | |
| 4 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 4.9 | 6,459 | |
| 5 | HOUSE | FOX | 4.6 | 6,037 | |
| 6 | DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES | ABC | 4.4 | 5,800 | |
| 7 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 4.3 | 5,726 | |
| 8 | LOST | ABC | 4.1 | 5,349 | |
| 9 | FRINGE | FOX | 4.0 | 5,215 | |
| 10 | RULES OF ENGAGEMENT | CBS | 3.9 | 5,140 | |
| 11 | Law And Order:SVU | NBC | 3.9 | 5,121 | |
| 12 | OFFICE | NBC | 3.7 | 4,923 | |
| 13 | Mentalist, THE | CBS | 3.7 | 4,889 | |
| 14 | HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER | CBS | 3.7 | 4,878 | |
| 15 | CSI | CBS | 3.7 | 4,821 | |
| 16 | SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS | CBS | 3.6 | 4,776 | |
| 17 | Biggest Loser 7 | NBC | 3.6 | 4,719 | |
| 18 | NCIS | CBS | 3.5 | 4,625 | |
| 19 | Private Practice | ABC | 3.5 | 4,595 | |
| 20 | Family Guy | FOX | 3.5 | 4,572 |
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Nielsen Top Twenty Shows (overall) for the week ending 05/03/09
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | # Viewers (LIVE+SD) (000) | HH RATING (LIVE+SD) | HH SHARE (LIVE+SD) |
| 1 | AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY | FOX | 23,261 | 13.5 | 21 | |
| 2 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 22,369 | 13.2 | 20 | |
| 3 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 19,285 | 12.3 | 19 | |
| 4 | Mentalist, THE | CBS | 17,113 | 10.6 | 16 | |
| 5 | NCIS | CBS | 16,698 | 10.1 | 16 | |
| 6 | CSI | CBS | 15,542 | 9.7 | 15 | |
| 7 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | ABC | 14,720 | 9.4 | 14 | |
| 8 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 14,163 | 8.7 | 13 | |
| 9 | GREY'S ANATOMY-THU 9PM | ABC | 14,115 | 9.4 | 15 | |
| 10 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 13,611 | 8.5 | 13 | |
| 11 | DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES | ABC | 13,485 | 8.4 | 13 | |
| 12 | CSI: NY | CBS | 12,504 | 8.1 | 14 | |
| 13 | COLD CASE | CBS | 12,461 | 7.5 | 12 | |
| 14 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 12,312 | 7.8 | 15 | |
| 15 | WITHOUT A TRACE | CBS | 12,209 | 7.9 | 13 | |
| 16 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 12,122 | 7.9 | 13 | |
| 17 | SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS | CBS | 11,732 | 7.0 | 12 | |
| 18 | HOUSE | FOX | 11,693 | 7.0 | 11 | |
| 19 | RULES OF ENGAGEMENT | CBS | 11,303 | 7.0 | 11 | |
| 20 | AMAZING RACE 14 | CBS | 10,843 | 6.0 | 10 |
Nielsen Ratings Data: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved
LOST, HOUSE, CSI and THE OFFICE… those are excellent shows. The rest? Meh. The fool’s golden age of television.
Desperate Housewives isn’t in the top 10!! :O I think that might be the first time in its history
Yeah, Fringe! Last night’s episode was great, setting up for what must be a blockbuster finale next week.
DS, that’s not fair, there’s at least…2 other good shows listed up there.
Yeah…
(Mother and Fringe if curious)
Thank goodness for 18 – 49 demo because House’s overall ratings just keep dropping. The show could feasibly fall out of the Top 20 by the Season Finale this coming Monday. Hard to believe.
Can’t wait to see the overnights for this past Monday to see if it rebounded at all.
Things that caught my attention:
Mentalist tops CSI.
SVU tops Office (as does Rules Of Engagement!)
Desperate Housewives has been steadily slipping all season. I expect that one day, cold case will actually surpass DH in total viewers. right now, only 1 million viewers seperates the two. Also dont worry, despite what this site wrongly states, Cold Case will be back next season. CBS isnt going to cancel a show that Consistantly makes the The Top 20.
But it doesn’t make the top twenty in the key advertising revenue-generating demographic.
SPJava, I wouldn’t doubt if House falls out of the Top 20. I stopped watching regularly after the second season, even though my daughter still likes it.
Watching an arrogant jerk on TV year after year is not much fun, especially when there are enough in real life to deal with.
Give me something else. (like Chuck!)
That’s pretty good for Fringe
That’s pretty good for Fringe and Lost. Regardless, of what the Fringe haters say, that’s pretty good for Fringe in the 18-49 demo.
but where is better off ted!
Down with leno, this isn’t a top 80 list
Fringe actually did better this last week than the week previous, 4.0 vs. 3.9
“SVU tops Office’
Hilary Duff is probably the reason for this.
Someone please enlighten me to how The office is funny, annoying is more like it from the very first episode, House is garbage, again not funny not serious just boring, and CSI was good about 5 years ago and before the clones and well Lost lost me at the second episode and its on ABC and I have not forgiven them for Daybreak.
I love J.J. Abrams for LOST…Score!
I hate J.J. Abrams for Fringe…Fail!
I’m not sure where to put this. But did anyone see the “What did you see?” ad during Lost? Looks like ABC is teasing an early pickup for Flash Forward.
Buddy, it’s hard to see it as anything else than an indication they are picking it up, though ABC still hasn’t officially picked it up yet. I don’t know if I like the strategy for those ads though. The campaign has gotten a lot of hype on the Internet, but sticking the short 5 second “What did you See?” ads in a show where 1/3rd of the viewers are watching on DVR and likely skipping commercials…
Flash Forward sounds really interesting!