Nielsen Rating March 31- April 27, 2008,

Broadcast: Top 20
Rank Season average Show name Network Viewers in millions
1. 1 American Idol (Tues) Fox 25.1
2. 2 American Idol (Wed) Fox 22.8
3. 4 Dancing With the Stars ABC 18.2
4. 9 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS 18.0
5. 8 Dancing With the Stars Results ABC 17.1
6. 6 Desperate Housewives ABC 16.8
7. 11 Grey's Anatomy ABC 15.3
8. 14 NCIS CBS 14.8
9. 28 House Fox 14.6
10. 15 CSI: Miami CBS 13.9
11. 23 Criminal Minds CBS 13.0
12. 16 Two and a Half Men CBS 12.9
13. 18 Without a Trace CBS 12.8
14. 16 Survivor: Micronesia Lost CBS 12.3
* 28 Law & Order: SVU NBC 12.3
16. 26 Hell's Kitchen Fox 11.9
17. 18 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ABC 11.6
* 32 Cold Case CBS 11.6
19. 28 CSI: NY CBS 11.5
20. 18 60 Minutes CBS 10.7

Broadcast: Tops among 18-49-year-olds
Rank Season average Show name Network Viewers in millions
1. 1 American Idol (Tues) Fox 11.8
2. 2 American Idol (Wed) Fox 11.0
3. 11 Desperate Housewives ABC 8.2
4. 6 Grey's Anatomy ABC 8.0
5. 18 House Fox 7.6
6. 16 Hell's Kitchen Fox 7.1
7. 27 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS 6.7
8. 9 Two and a Half Men CBS 6.2
9. 4 Lost ABC 6.1
10. 16 Dancing With the Stars ABC 5.9
11. 15 Ext. Makeover: Home ABC 5.5
12. n/a Law & Order: SVU NBC 5.4
* 8 Dancing With the Stars results ABC 5.4
14. 34 The Office NBC 5.3
* 27 Survivor: Micronesia CBS 5.3
16. n/a Rules of Engagement CBS 5.2
* 18 CSI: Miami CBS 5.2
18. 34 Family Guy Fox 5.1
19. n/a How I Met Your Mother CBS 5.0
20. 34 Brothers & Sisters ABC 4.9


Cable: Top 15
Rank Show name Network Viewers in millions
1. Chasing Zooey
Nick 5.1
2. Zoey 101
Nick 5.0
3. WWE Raw (Mon, 10 p.m.) USA 4.9
4. Suns vs. Spurs
House (Sun, 10 p.m.) TNT 4.7
5. WWE Raw (Mon, 9 p.m.)
House (Sun, 9 p.m.) USA 4.4
6. The Hills MTV 4.0
7. Nuggets vs. Lakers TNT 3.9
* Hornets vs. Spurs
House (Sun, 8 p.m.) TNT 3.9
9. The Incredibles Disney 3.8
10. Hawks vs. Celtics TNT 3.7
* O'Reilly Factor Fox News 3.7
12. Deadliest Catch Discovery 3.5
* Celtics vs. Hawks TNT 3.5
15. Cubs vs. Cardinals ESPN 3.4
15. O'Reilly Fox News 3.2
* Law & Order: SVU USA 3.3


Spotlight: Top cable channels
Rank Network Avg. viewers (millions) Pct. chg.
1. USA 2.7 +12%
2. TNT 2.3 +6%
3. Disney 2.2 -4%
4. TBS 1.8 +29%
* Spike 1.8 +56%
6. Nick at Nite 1.7 +33%
* ESPN 1.7 +19%
8. Fox News 1.6 +3%
9. Lifetime 1.5 +13%
10. Discovery 1.3 -19%

Source: Nielsen Media Research, March 31- April 27, 2008, vs. April 2-29, 2007 primetime