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TV ratings: 'American Idol' guys carry FOX Tuesday, Sheen interview scores for ABC
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Fast National ratings for Tuesday, March 1, 2011The first live-audience performances on "American Idol" carried FOX to a ratings win Tuesday night. "Raising Hope" shed more than half of its lead-in audience, but the show still got its best numbers of the season. ABC, meanwhile, got a boost from its "20/20"-Charlie Sheen interview at 10 o'clock.
FOX averaged 18.1 million viewers and a 10.1 rating/16 share in households for the night, beating out the 15.4 million viewers and 9.5/15 for CBS. There was a steep drop from second to third place, which NBC claimed with 6.4 million viewers and a 3.9/6. ABC (6.2 million, 3.8/6) was close behind in fourth, while The CW (1.55 million, 1.0/2) trailed.
FOX dominated the adults 18-49 demographic with a 6.5 rating, more than doubling the 3.1 for No. 2 CBS. NBC took third in the demo with a 2.3, followed by ABC, 2.1, and The CW, 0.7.
Tuesday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
FOX: "American Idol" (20.6 million viewers, 11.4/18 households)
CBS: "NCIS" (19.2 million, 11.7/18)
NBC: "The Biggest Loser" (6.2 million, 3.8/6)
ABC: "No Ordinary Family" (4.3 million, 2.7/4)
The CW: "One Tree Hill" (1.6 million, 1.1/2)
18-49 leader: "American Idol" (7.3)
9 p.m.
FOX: "American Idol" (22.5 million, 12.3/19)/"Raising Hope" (8.8 million, 5.2/8)
CBS: "NCIS: Los Angeles" (15.6 million, 9.5/15)
NBC: "The Biggest Loser" (7.8 million, 4.8/7)
ABC: "V" (5 million, 2.9/5)
The CW: "Hellcats" (1.5 million, 1.0/2)
18-49 leader: "American Idol" (8.0)
10 p.m.
CBS: "The Good Wife" (11.3 million, 7.4/13)
ABC: "20/20" special - "Charlie Sheen: In His Own Words" (9.3 million, 5.8/10)
NBC: "Parenthood" (5 million, 3.2/6)
18-49 leader: "20/20" (3.2)
Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change. Source: The Nielsen Company.
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Two and a Half Men won't be the same without Charlie Sheen until next season or CBS and not quite sure how NCIS going to hold up for the rest of the season since production halted.
Go Charlie!
Look dude, it's obvious that you're manic. So what? I was manic for one day when I had stopped taking an anti-anxiety drug, and it was the best day of my life. Friends of mine still refer to "the day" five years later. If I could take a drug to make me manic, I would! But you have your own drug, it's called Charlie Sheen! There's really no reason to take an antidote unless you fear for your life. If that's not the case, then stay away from the doctors. And more power to ya.
Oh Charlie carlos Sheen self-destruct spiral all over the media..make boost ratings..it is better than any fictional drama..but for his sake it is not good..in a way what he said is quite philosophically smart but it is not good if he wants to stay alive and to know his children..
I really wish V got more viewers. It keeps getting better and better each week. Glad to see Diana slowly rising in power.
Bye Bye NBC: Parenthood" (5 million), doing worse than Leno did in this time slot.
Cancel Parenthood now
bye "V" bye "Parenthood"
alex: from your lips to god ears. I hope so also. I love V
+9 million viewers and a 3.2 demo at 10pm for 20/20 only serves to offer further proof that Charlie Sheen is as influential as he thinks. I haven't seen a series pull a +3 demo at 10pm on a Tuesday in a long, long time. And with 2 1/2 Men repeats pulling high numbers, CBS is caught between a rockstar and a hard place. Do they let him go(and possbily deliver a new hit sitcom to some other network) or do they walk the path of shame and cower to his demands.
Idol was not live Tuesday night.
jay leno was putting up 3 to 4 mill viewers in his last days at 10 so parenthood is doing much better then jay did and parenthood is a much better show then tired old jay i doubt nbc will cancel so all u bashers if u dont like it dont watch it, also hope v returns its also a great show which should be on sy-fi or an other cable channel where 5 mill would be a huge success like walking dead was for amc. sifi and horror shows dont pull enough viewers for the big 4 networks. and last but not least charlie sheen is a legend in his own mind let him od since he thinks he doesnt have a problem and his show sucks...would not miss 2-1/2 babies that suck.