Nielsens: `Idol' (who else?) top-rated
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Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for March 5-11. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
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Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for July 2-8. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
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Rankings for the top 15 programs on basic cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Oct. 11-17. Each ratings point represents 1,096,000 households. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses.
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There's a reason why rival television executives not-so-fondly refer to Fox's "American Idol" as the "death star." The talent show, which attracted more than 32 million viewers for each of its audition episodes last week, eclipsed everything in prime-time TV last week and was particularly cruel for the shows unlucky enough to air at the same time, Nielsen Media Research said on Tuesday.
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Foxâs âAmerican Idolâ does exactly what it promises to do: it makes platinum music stars, and in the process attracts more than 33 million viewers â young and old, black and white, rich and poor, red state and blue.
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Following are the top 20 prime-time  programs on broadcast TV for the week ended May 27, as measured  in average total audience, according to Nielsen Media Research.
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Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Nov. 27-Dec. 3. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
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CBS and ABC shared the lead in the ratings on Sunday, with CBS averaging the most total viewers and ABC earning the highest ratings among adults 18 to 49. ABC got a lift in that demographic group from the nightâs top-rated show, a two-hour edition of âExtreme Makeover: Home Edition,â which averaged 13.6 million total viewers at 8 p.m., according to Nielsenâs estimates. CBS, meanwhile, got a boost at 7 p.m. from â60 Minutes,â the nightâs most-watched show (14.4 million), followed by âSharkâ at 8 (11.1 million) and the made-for-TV movie âThe Russell Girlâ from 9 to 11 (12.7 million). Fox ranked third for the night but ahead of CBS in second place in the 18-to-49 segment thanks to its comedy lineup, including âThe Simpsonsâ at 8 (7.6 million) and âKing of the Hillâ at 8:30 (7.5 million). NBC, in fourth place, broadcast back-to-back specials, the âU.S. Figure Skating Championshipsâ from 7 to 9 (4.8 million), followed by the âGuinness World Records: Top 100â from 9 to 11 (6.3 million).
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After relinquishing its crown to ABC the week before, CBS was back on top in prime-time viewers last week. It claimed nine of the week's Top 20 shows, including the No. 1 entry, "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," according to Nielsen Media Research.
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Prime-Time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Dec. 24-30. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
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CBS was the most-watched  network last week, while Fox won in the coveted adults 18-49  demographic, boosted by reality hits &quot;So You Think You Can  Dance&quot; and &quot;Hell&#39;s Kitchen.&quot;
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Ratings for Fox's top-ranked  "American Idol" will probably decline as the television talent  search show enters its fourth season this week, a network  official said on Monday.
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Prime-Time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for May 21-27. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
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Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Nov. 8-14. Top 20 listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
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Prime-Time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Oct. 15-21. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
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LOS ANGELES  - A dominating ratings  performance from "American Idol" took Fox where it hadn't been  since last season's May 24 finale of the talent show -- atop  the weekly ratings among adults 18-49 without the help of  sports.
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Rankings for the top 15 programs on basic cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Sept. 20-26. Each ratings point represents 1,096,000 households. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses.