2008 US Ratings

Here are the latest US TV Ratings as a reference point for how some of your favourite shows are faring in the land of television.

Nielsen only officially allows publication of the Top 20.

Week ending 21/4/08 - 27/4/08
1 American Idol-Tuesday 24,740,000
2 American Idol-Wednesday 23,196,000
3 Dancing With The Stars 18,044,000
4 Dancing W/Stars Results 17,974,000
5 CSI 17,015,000
6 Grey's Anatomy 16,373,000
7 Desperate Housewives 16,346,000
8 CSI: Miami 14,380,000
9 NCIS 14,242,000
10 Without A Trace 13,471,000
11 Two And A Half Men 13,360,000
12 Survivor: Micronesia 12,896,000
13 Law And Order 12,746,000
14 Lost 12,075,000
15 Extreme Makeover: Home Ed. 12,074,000
16 Law And Order: SVU 11,642,000
17 Cold Case 11,615,000
18 Brothers & Sisters 11,192,000
19 Hell's Kitchen 10,979,000
20 Rules Of Engagement 10,573,000

Week ending 14/4/08 - 20/4/08
1 American Idol-Tuesday 23,646,000
2 American Idol-Wednesday 23,339,000
3 Dancing With The Stars 17,198,000
4 Desperate Housewives 15,746,000
5 Dancing W/Stars Results 15,421,000
6 NCIS 15,128,000
7 Two And A Half Men 13,937,000
8 CSI: NY 13,429,000
9 Law And Order: SVU 13,268,000
10 Criminal Minds 12,978,000
11 Survivor: Micronesia 12,014,000
12 Biggest Loser 11,391,000
13 60 Minutes 10,749,000
14 Abc News: Dem Pres Debate 10,693,000
15 CSI: Miami 10,628,000
16 Hell's Kitchen 10,560,000
17 CSI 10,476,000
18 Rules Of Engagement 10,398,000
19 Oprah's Big Give 10,092,000
20 Brothers & Sisters 10,080,000

Week ending 7/4/08 - 13/4/08
1 American Idol-Tuesday 24,668,000
2 Amer Idol Thu Rslt 20,133,000
3 CSI 20,094,000
4 Dancing With The Stars 19,684,000
5 CBS NCAA Bskbl Champships 19,501,000
6 Idol Gives Back 2 17,751,000
7 Dancing W/Stars Results 17,017,000
8 Desperate Housewives 16,371,000
9 Without A Trace 14,493,000
10 NCIS 14,048,000
11 Criminal Minds 13,325,000
12 CSI:NY 12,383,000
13 60 Minutes 12,168,000
14 Prelude To A Championship12,037,000
15 Survivor: Micronesia 11,587,000
16 Hell's Kitchen 11,208,000
18 Don't Forget The Lyrics 10,895,000
17 Medium 10,858,000
19 Samantha Who? 10,421,000
20 Deal Or No Deal-Mon 10,223,000

Week ending 31/3/08 - 6/4/08
1 American Idol-Tuesday 26,117,000
2 American Idol-Wednesday 24,839,000
3 Dancing With The Stars 20,557,000
4 CSI 20,577,000
5 Dancing W/Stars Results 17,282,000
6 CSI: Miami 15,650,000
7 Without A Trace 15,196,000
8 Two And A Half Men 14,504,000
9 CBS NCAA Bskbl Champ 14,435,000
10 CSI: Miami - Tuesday Sp(S) 14,230,000
11 Survivor: Micronesia 12,870,000
12. CSI: NY 12,853,000
13 Criminal Minds 12,811,000
14 Old Christine 12,570,000
15 Cold Case 11,927,000
16 Hell's Kitchen 11,849,000
17 CBS NCAA Bskbl Bridge 11,265,000
18 Smarter Than 10,406,000
19 NCIS 9,971,000
20 60 Minutes 9,921,000

Week ending 24/3/08 - 30/03/08
1 American Idol-Tuesday 24,758,000
2 American Idol-Wednesday 25,742,000
3 Dancing With The Stars 20,515,000
4 Dancing W/Stars Results 17,487,000
5 CSI: Miami 16,065,000
6 CBS NCAA Post Gun 14,359,000
7 Two And A Half Men 14,235,000
8 60 Minutes 13,359,000
9 Extreme Makeover:Home Ed. 12,964,000
10 Apprentice 12,132,000
11 Deal Or No Deal 11,397,000
12 Oprah's Big Give 11,362,000
13 How I Met Your Mother 10,667,000
14 Dateline 10,628,000
15 Dancing W/Stars Recap 10,504,000
16 CBS NCAA Bskbl Chmp 10,417,000
17 Deal Or No Deal-Mon 10,140,000
18 Moment Of Truth 10,051,000
19 Til Death 10,004,000
20 Primetime:What Would U Do 9,916,000


Week ending 17/3/08 - 23/03/08
1 American Idol-Tuesday 27,338,000
2 American Idol-Wednesday 26,078,000
3 Dancing With The Stars 21,147,000
4 Dancing W/Stars 17,019,000
5 Two And A Half Men 14,057,000
6 Survivor 11,556,000
7 60 Minutes 11,537,000
8 Old Christine 11,470,000
9 Lost 11,461,000
10 Extreme Makeover:Home Ed. 11,365,000
11 Moment Of Truth 10,922,000
12 NCIS 10,601,000
13 Law And Order 10,490,000
14 Deal Or No Deal 10,259,000
15 Deal Or No Deal-Mon 10,080,000
16 Medium 10,072,000
17 CBS Ncaa Post 10,027,000
18 CBS Ncaa Bskbl Chmp 10,026,000
19 Oprah's Big Give 9,807,000
20 CSI: Miami 9,643,000

Week ending 10/3/08 - 16/03/08
1 American Idol-Tuesday 29,884,000
2 American Idol-Wednesday 27,127,000
3 Survivor: Micronesia 13,218,000
4 Lost 12,083,000
5 Extreme Makeover:Home Ed. 12,050,000
6 Law And Order 11,849,000
7 Two And A Half Men 11,819,000
8 Deal Or No Deal-Mon 11,818,000
9 60 Minutes 11,297,000
10 CSI 11,225,000
11 Moment Of Truth 10,577,000
12 CSI: Miami 10,242,000
13 Deal Or No Deal-Wed 10,191,000
14 Without A Trace 9,776,000
15 Oprah's Big Give 9,737,000
16 Old Christine 9,623,000
17 Law And Order:Svu 9,516,000
18 Smarter Than 5th Grader 9,418,000
19 Medium 9,340,000
20 New Amsterdam 8,827,000

Week ending 25/2/08 - 2/03/08
1 American Idol-Tuesday 28,592,000
2 American Idol-Wednesday 27,553,000
3 American Idol Thu 26,232,000
4 Oprah's Big Give 15,680,000
5 Deal Or No Deal-Mon 15,425,000
6 Extreme Makeover:Home Ed. 14,874,000
7 Don't Forget The Lyrics 14,395,000
8 Lost 12,893,000
9 ABC Premiere Event 12,688,000
10 Survivor: Micronesia 12,529,000
11 60 Minutes 12,336,000
12 Two And A Half Men 12,199,000
13 Back To You 12,154,000
14 Back To You 11,677,000
16 CSI 11,554,000
15 Law And Order 11,437,000
17 NCIS 11,082,000
18 Without A Trace 10,453,000
19 Here Come The Newlyweds 10,092,000
20 Price Is Right 9,492,000


Week ending 18/2/08 - 24/02/08
1 Academy Awards 32,006,000
2 American Idol-Tuesday 29,006,000
3 American Idol-Wednesday 28,885,000
4 American Idol Thu 23,374,000
5 Oscar's Red Carpet 2008 21,536,000
6 Deal Or No Deal-Mon 16,948,000
7 Lost 13,647,000
8 Survivor: Micronesia 12,661,000
9 Two And A Half Men 12,446,000
10 Don't Forget The Lyrics 12,431,000
11 Without A Trace 12,086,000
12 CSI 11,923,000
13 Barbara Walters 11,692,000
14 Fox Nascar Sprint Cup 10,916,000
15 Law And Order 10,858,000
16 NCIS 10,853,000
17 60 Minutes 10,690,000
18 My Dad Is Betr Thn Yr Dad 9,810,000
19 Csi: Miami 9,512,000
20 Old Christine 9,399,000

Week ending 011/02/08 - 17/02/08
1 American Idol-Tuesday 29,962,000
2 American Idol-Wednesday 24,752,000
3 Moment Of Truth 14,007,000
4 Lost 13,757,000
5 Extreme Makeover:Home Ed. 13,493,000
6 Survivor: Micronesia 13,178,000
7 Deal Or No Deal-Mon 13,148,000
8 Nbc Movie Of The Week 12,720,000
9 60 Minutes 12,499,000
10 Deal Or No 12,184,000
11 Two And A Half Men 11,900,000
12 Fox Daytona 500 Post-Race 11,758,000
13 NCIS 11,376,000
14 Deal Or No Deal-Wed 11,069,000
15 CSI 10,871,000
16 Law And Order 10,225,000
17 Old Christine 9,895,000
18 Without A Trace 9,654,000
19 Cold Case 9,575,000
20 Dance War:Bruno/Carrieann 9,160,000

Week ending 04/02/08 - 10/02/08
1 American Idol-Tuesday 27,914,000
2 American Idol-Wednesday 26,278,000
3 House 23,156,000
4 Grammy Awards 17,174,000
5 Moment Of Truth 16,623,000
6 Extreme Makeover:Home Ed. 15,770,000
7 Lost 15,292,000
8 Survivor: Micronesia 14,019,000
9 Deal Or No Deal 13,157,000
10 60 Minutes 13,057,000
11 20/20 Sp Edition 12,663,000
12 Two And A Half Men 12,310,000
13 CSI 11,842,000
14 Without A Trace 10,200,000
15 CSI: NY 10,162,000
16 Law And Order 10,056,000
17 Dance War:Bruno/Carrieann 9,787,000
18 Criminal Minds 9,478,000
19 NCIS 9,473,000
20 Old Christine 9,430,000


Week ending 28/1/08 - 3/2/08
1 Fox Super Bowl XlII 97,448,000
2 Fox Super Bowl Post Game 63,934,000
3 House 29,045,000
4 American Idol-Tuesday 28,223,000
5 American Idol-Wednesday 25,573,000
6 House 22,561,000
7 Moment Of Truth 17,641,000
8 Lost 16,137,000
9 Lost-Thu 8pm 13,158,000
10 NCIS 11,769,000
11 CSI 11,687,000
12 Eli Stone 11,145,000
13 Law And Order 11,101,000
14 Smarter Than 5th Grader 10,555,000
15 Without A Trace 10,185,000
16 Don't Forget The Lyrics 10,070,000
17 Deal Or No Deal-Wed 9,679,000
18 Two And A Half Men 9,601,000
19 Dance War:Bruno/Carrieann 9,451,000
20 Law And Order:SVU 9,291,000

Week ending 21/1/08 - 27/1/08
1 American Idol-Tuesday 29,274,000
2 American Idol-Wednesday 27,091,000
3 Moment Of Truth 23,046,000
4 60 Minutes 14,480,000
5 Deal Or No Deal-Mon 14,238,000
6 House 13,910,000
7 Deal Or No Deal-Wed 13,664,000
8 Extreme Makeover:Home Ed. 13,546,000
9 CSI 13,268,000
10 Law And Order:Svu 12,984,000
11 Hallmark Hall Of Fame 12,726,000
12 Criminal Minds 12,668,000
13 NCIS 11,951,000
14 Without A Trace 11,723,000
15 Two And A Half Men 11,576,000
16 CSI: NY 11,514,000
17 Shark - 8pm Special 11,034,000
18 Smarter Than 5th Grader 10,510,000
19 CSI: Miami 10,504,000
20 Law And Order 10,347,000

Week of 14/01/08 - 20/01/08
1 Fox NFC Championship 53,937,000
2 Fox NFC Championship-Gun 40,640,000
3 American Idol-Tuesday 33,415,000
4 American Idol-Wednesday 30,437,000
5 Fox NFC Championship-Post 23,096,000
6 NCIS 15,822,000
7 Deal Or No Deal-Mon 15,080,000
8 CSI: Miami 14,799,000
9 CSI 14,147,000
10 Without A Trace 13,294,000
11 Comanche Moon 2(S) 12,564,000
12 Law And Order:SVU 12,205,000
13 Comanche Moon 3(S) 12,133,000
14 Deal Or No Deal-Wed 11,807,000
15 Law And Order 11,593,000
16 Smarter Than 5th Grader 11,576,000
17 Two And A Half Men 11,510,000
18 American Gladiators 10,610,000
19 Extreme Makeover:Home Ed. 10,497,000
20 Dance War:Bruno/Carrieann 10,495,000

Week of 07/01/08 – 13/1/08
1 Fox NFC Playoff 32,509,000
2 AFC Divisional Playoff 30,896,000
3 Allstate BCX Natl Champ 23,069,000
4 Terminator: Srh Cnr Chron 18,359,000
5 CSI 18,185,000
6 Grey's Anatomy 17,679,000
7 Comanche Moon 15,760,000
8 Law And Order:SVU 15,153,000
9 Criminal Minds 14,303,000
10 Extrm Makeover: Hm Ed 14,004,000
11 Without A Trace 13,828,000
12 Deal Or No Deal 13,469,000
13 NCIS 12,410,000
14 CSI: NY 11,709,000
15 Amazing Race 11,649,000
16 Two And A Half Men 11,391,000
17 Family Guy 11,331,000
18 Dance War:Bruno/Carrieann 11,001,000
19 Law And Order 11,022,000
20 Brothers & Sisters 10,898,000


Week of 31/12/07 - 06/01/08
1. NBC NFL Playoff Game 25,736,000
2. NBC NFL Playoff Pre-Kick 23,865,000
3. NBC NFL Playoff Bridge 23,482,000
4. AFC Wildcard Post Game 21,373,000
5. Desperate Housewives 19,782,000
6. 60 Minutes 18,249,000
7. Law And Order 13,455,000
8. Deal Or No Deal 13,409,000
9. CSI 13,254,000
10. Extreme Makeover:Home Ed. 12,597,000
11. Law And Order: SVU 12,354,000
12. Deal Or No Deal 12,330,000
13. Tostitos Fiesta Bowl 12,164,000
14. American Gladiators 12,063,000
15. Amazing Race 11,985,000
16. Fedex Orange Bowl 11,958,000
17. NCIS 11,763,000
18. Allstate Sugar Bowl 11,702,000
19. Apprentice 11,080,000
20. Cold Case 10,956,000

Ratings are ranked by audience numbers.
Source: zap2it

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