Nielsen said an estimated 12.5 million people watched ABC's Dancing with the Stars last week, which featured the contestants showing their steps to songs made famous by ABC's parent company. Light fare dominated the top of Nielsen's charts, with NBC's The Voice and Little Big Shots also scoring well.
NETWORK RATINGS ROUNDUP: APRIL 11-17
‘Dancing’ To The Top Of The TV Ratings
NEW YORK (AP) — A night of Disney tunes led ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” to the largest audience of its current season and to the top of the television rankings.
The Nielsen company said an estimated 12.5 million people watched “Dancing,” which featured the contestants showing their steps to songs made famous by ABC’s parent company. Light fare dominated the top of Nielsen’s charts, with NBC’s “The Voice” and “Little Big Shots” also scoring well.
Some of CBS’ most popular series — “NCIS,” ”The Big Bang Theory” and “NCIS: New Orleans” — showed repeat episodes, shuffling the rankings.
Still, CBS’ bench strength enabled it to win the week, averaging 7.5 million viewers in primetime. NBC had 5.7 million and ABC had 5.4 million, while winning among the most valuable youthful demographic. Fox had 3.2 million viewers, Univision had 1.9 million, Telemundo had 1.29 million, Ion Television had 1.27 million and the CW had 1.1 million.
Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.15 million viewers in prime time. CNN had 1.66 million, USA had 1.61 million, HGTV had 1.46 million and TBS had 1.37 million.
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NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.3 million viewers. ABC’s “World News Tonight” was second with 8 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.8 million viewers.
The Top 20
Primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for April 11-17. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.
1. “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, 12.51 million.
2. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 10.81 million.
3. “Little Big Shots,” NBC, 10.66 million.
4. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 10.45 million.
5. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 10.41 million.
5. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 10.41 million.
7. “Empire,” Fox, 10.11 million.
8. “NCIS,” CBS, 9.99 million.
9. “Madam Secretary,” CBS, 9.57 million.
10. “NCIS: New Orleans” (Tuesday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 9.05 million.
11. “NCIS: New Orleans” (Tuesday, 10 p.m.), CBS, 9.04 million.
12. “The Voice” (Wednesday), NBC, 8.88 million.
13. “Criminal Minds,” CBS, 8.82 million.
14. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 8.62 million.
15. “Scorpion,” CBS, 8.6 million.
16. “The Good Wife,” CBS, 8.55 million.
17. “Hawaii Five-O,” CBS, 8.42 million.
18. “Survivor,” CBS, 8.4 million.
19. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 8.24 million.
20. “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 7.97 million.
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