The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for for February 18 - February 24. 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.Once again NBC has no shows in the Top 20, while ABC and CBS dominate the Top 20. The Academy Awards had 40.4 million viewers, almost double the number who watched the top-rated scripted show, NCIS. American Idol continues its ratings slide, coming in at #7 on Wednesday, #9 on Thursday.
| Rank | Show name |
Network
|
Viewers in millions
|
Season-to-date average
(in millions) | |
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| 1. | Academy Awards |
ABC
|
40.4
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| 2. | Oscars Red Carpet (8:00) |
ABC
|
25.5
|
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| 3. | NCIS |
CBS
|
21.1
|
22.2
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| 4. | Big Bang Theory |
CBS
|
17.6
|
19.0
| |
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| 5. | Oscars Red Carpet (7:30) |
ABC
|
16.5
|
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| 6. | NCIS: Los Angeles |
CBS
|
16.3
|
18.2
| |
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| 7. | American Idol (Wed.) |
Fox
|
14.4
|
16.8
| |
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| 8. | Person of Interest |
CBS
|
14.2
|
16.1
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| 9. | American Idol (Thu.) |
Fox
|
13.7
|
16.0
| |
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| 10. | Two and a Half Men |
CBS
|
13.4
|
14.1
| |
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| 11. | Oscars Red Carpet Live (7:00) |
ABC
|
12.4
|
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| 12. | Blue Bloods |
CBS
|
11.2
|
13.2
| |
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| * | Elementary |
CBS
|
11.2
|
13.1
| |
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| 14. | Criminal Minds |
CBS
|
10.7
|
13.4
| |
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| 15. | CSI |
CBS
|
10.6
|
12.0
| |
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| * | Modern Family |
ABC
|
10.6
|
13.3
| |
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| 17. | Mike & Molly |
CBS
|
10.3
|
11.1
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| 18. | 2 Broke Girls |
CBS
|
10.2
|
11.6
| |
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| 19. | Castle |
ABC
|
9.9
|
11.6
| |
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| 20. | CSI: NY |
CBS
|
9.5
|
11.0
| |
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| * | Vegas |
CBS
|
9.5
|
12.8
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