Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for May 21 - May 27

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for for May 21 - May 27. The first number is the ranking, the second number is the season average, then the show name and network. The last number represents the number of viewers in millions. An asterisk * indicates a tie.

Rank	Show name	Network	Viewers in millions	Season-to-date average(in millions)
1.	American Idol (Wed.)	Fox	21.5	19.9
2.	Dancing with the Stars Results	ABC	17.8	16.1
3.	Dancing with the Stars	ABC	16.8	18.3
4.	American Idol (Tue.)	Fox	14.8	--
5.	Modern Family	ABC	10.1	13.1
6.	America's Got Talent (Mon.)	NBC	9.7	10.2
7.	America's Got Talent (Tue.)	NBC	9.4	10.2
8.	NCIS (10 p.m.)	CBS	9.3	--
9.	NCIS (9 p.m.)	CBS	9.2	--
10.	Dancing W/The Stars (Tue.)	ABC	8.8	--
11.	House (9 p.m.)	Fox	8.7	8.8
12.	Big Bang Theory	CBS	8.3	15.7
13.	Person of Interest	CBS	7.9	14.2
*	Revenge	ABC	7.9	8.8
15.	The Mentalist	CBS	7.8	14.5
16.	Glee	Fox	7.5	8.8
*	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	7.5	--
*	The Bacherlorette	ABC	7.5	7.8
19.	NASCAR: Coca-Cola 600	Fox	7.4	7.4
20.	Law & Order: SVU	NBC	7.2	7.6
*	Two and a Half Men	CBS	7.2	14.7

Phillip Phillips Wins American Idol While Ace Young Proposes Marriage

A record breaking 132 million votes were cast, which after being tabulated, had Phillip Phillips beating Jessica Sanchez for the coveted American Idol Season 11 title.

With ten votes per phone line and additional online voting methinks those 132 million votes are more like less than 13 million people actually voting, with the majority of those voting being teenage (and younger) girls.

Well, I think all those voters made a good choice.

To me, Phillip Phillips is the best American Idol WGWG (White Guy With Guitar) winner in years. He's got personality, a sense of humor, can play a guitar and I can listen to him sing an entire song due to the lack of screeching.

I am not a fan of shouted screeching of the Jessica Sanchez/Joshua Ledet type. I think my tone deaf ears don't hear the melodic tones that others hear. I just hear screaming screeching.

The American Idol 2 hour Results Show was rather well done, in my opinion. Like a slickly produced, live, variety show on steroids.

Now that American Idol has been the #1 TV Show in America for so long all sorts of top stars are willing to appear. Neil Diamond, Rihanna, Chaka Khan, Jennifer Holliday, John Fogerty, Reba McEntire. I am likely forgetting some.

And, after 11 seasons there is a big supply of former winners that show up to sing again, like Fantasia.

Past American Idol Final Results Shows have had a lot of padding to fill out the two hours. This year, not much padding. Unless you count the long, possibly indulgent, but entertaining performances by Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler with Aerosmith.

The most contrived moment of the show was the hokey marriage proposal, with ring, when Ace Young asked his roommate, Diana DeGarmo, to become his lawfully wedded wife. Ace badly needs a haircut.

This year American Idol had an image advisor, Tommy Hilfiger, who was mostly ignored. On his advice Erica Van Pelt went from blonde to black. And then got the boot. Erica is back blonde. Phillip Phillips listened to none of Hilfiger's lose the gray advice. I suspect Tommy Hilfiger will not be back advising next year.

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for May 14 - May 20

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for for May 14 - May 20. The first number is the ranking, the second number is the season average, then the show name and network. The last number represents the number of viewers in millions. An asterisk * indicates a tie.

Rank	Show name	Network	Viewers in millions	Season-to-date average(in millions)
1.	NCIS	CBS	19.1	19.5
2.	American Idol (Wed.)	Fox	17.7	19.7
3.	American Idol (Thu.)	Fox	16.4	18.3
4.	Dancing with the Stars	ABC	15.8	18.3
5.	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	15.2	16.0
6.	Criminal Minds	CBS	13.7	13.4
7.	Person of Interest	CBS	13.5	14.3
8.	Dancing with the Stars Results	ABC	13.2	15.9
9.	The Mentalist	CBS	13.1	14.6
10.	Jesse Stone: Benefit of Doubt	CBS	12.9	--
11.	Mike & Molly	CBS	11.8	11.7
12.	Two and a Half Men	CBS	11.5	14.9
13.	Grey's Anatomy	ABC	11.4	10.9
*	Hawaii Five-0	CBS	11.4	11.8
15.	America's Got Talent (Tue.)	NBC	10.6	10.6
16.	America's Got Talent (Wed.)	NBC	10.5	10.5
17.	60 Minutes (8 p.m.)	CBS	10.1	--
18.	60 Minutes (7 p.m.)	CBS	9.8	13.0
19.	Modern Family	ABC	9.4	13.0
20.	How I Met Your Mother	CBS	8.6	9.8

After Derek & Maria Got The Boot Maks & Me Want To Know The Full Dancing With The Stars Voting Results

Hot Couple Derek Hough & Maria Menounos

I thought, watching Tuesday night's Dancing with the Stars Results show, that the dancing pair that had a lock on not getting the boot was Derek Hough and Maria Menounos, due to their perfect scores from the judges, and the fact that, to me, the pair are just so darn likable.

Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas were informed early in the show that they would not be getting the boot. I find Katherine Jenkins really cute and likable. Mark Ballas I do not find cute and likable.

Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas did not get perfect scores from the judges on Monday's show. Katherine had a fall. Maybe she got sympathy votes.

Which brings up something that has bugged me ever since I started watching Dancing with the Stars.

The voting.

Tom Bergeron says something like 'Combining the judges' scores with the public vote I can tell you right now what couple is in jeopardy."

We are never told what the public vote is that got the couple in jeopardy.

How did Derek & Maria go from being in 1st place on Monday's show, with Mark & Katherine in last place, to Derek & Maria getting the boot? It would seem that Mark & Katherine would have had to come in first with the public vote and Derek & Maria last, for this outcome to occur.

Makes no sense to me.

Makes no sense to Maks either.

In an article in TV Guide titled Dancing's Maks: I Hope There Are "Major Discussions" in the Off-Season Mr. Maksim Chmerkovskiy gets a lot of pent up Dancing with the Stars frustration of his chest, with the below blurb being one example...

We're dancers and professionals and we're proud of ourselves, but we all want to know what we're a part of. I would like to know the ins and outs of a show I'm putting my blood, sweat and tears into. I want to know why the judges have lost consistency and how many votes we got. How much did Kirstie and I lose by? How much did Mel and I lose by? We dancers will all pull together to get on the same page with the producers. We're all going into a season blindfolded and it's frustrating when you're in the middle of an exhausting and demanding season.

So, the professional dancers don't get told the voting details that got them the boot?

I would like to have how the judges' scores are combined with the public score to arrive at the bootee, and have it explained in a coherent way that makes sense to a math challenged person like myself.

As for Maks and continuing to dance on Dancing with the Stars. I find Maks to be very amusing. I am surprised that a TV sit-com producer has not seen the comedic possibilities of Maks on his own sit-com.

As for the romance between Derek and Maria.

Derek is 26. Maria is 33.

Does this make Maria a cougar in this relationship? In the picture above the couple seems to be enjoying some pool time and adult beverages. An empty Bud Light appears to be on the ground next to Derek. I can't tell what type cocktail Maria is holding.

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for May 7 - May 13

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for for May 7 - May 13 . The first number is the ranking, the second number is the season average, then the show name and network. The last number represents the number of viewers in millions. An asterisk * indicates a tie.

Rank	Show name	Network	Viewers in millions	Season-to-date average(in millions)
1.	NCIS	CBS	18.2	19.4
2.	American Idol (Wed.)	Fox	16.5	19.7
3.	Dancing with the Stars	ABC	16.4	18.3
4.	American Idol (Thu.)	Fox	15.6	18.4
5.	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	14.6	16.0
6.	Big Bang Theory	CBS	13.7	15.9
*	Dancing With the Stars Results	ABC	13.7	16.0
8.	Person of Interest	CBS	13.0	14.3
9.	The Mentalist	CBS	12.6	14.5
10.	Castle	ABC	12.4	12.1
11.	The Voice: Results Show	NBC	11.9	10.7
12.	Criminal Minds	CBS	11.6	13.3
13.	Two and a Half Men	CBS	11.4	14.9
14.	Desperate Housewives	ABC	11.1	10.5
15.	Unforgettable	CBS	10.8	12.0
16.	Blue Bloods	CBS	10.7	12.2
*	CSI	CBS	10.7	12.4
*	The Voice	NBC	10.7	15.7
19.	Modern Family	ABC	10.6	13.0
20.	Survivor: One World Finale	CBS	10.3	--