Here are the national winners (for all persons 2+; all times ET), according to BBM/Nielsen, for April 21-27.
NHL Playoffs:The NHL playoffs on Monday and Tuesday hit #10 with 1.653 million (up from the previous week’s high of 1.236 million), while the Tuesday-Sunday games took #16 with a 1.333 million average. The playoff postgame on Friday and Saturday hit #26 with 957,000 viewers.
News and daily shows: CTV Evening News at 6 pm hit #14 with an average minute audience of 1.387 million viewers (up from 1.364 million on the previous week’s national chart). The net’s Jeopardy/Access Hollywood at 7:30 pm took #20 with 1.113 million for its Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday airings (up from 979,000). CTV’s Dr. Phil at 5 pm hit #29 with 918,000 viewers. The net’s national news at 11 pm took #30 with 878,000 (up from 792,000).
Monday: CTV’s CSI: Miami at 10 pm hit #4 with 2.036 million (up from 1.22 million achieved by Medium the previous week). The net’s Dancing with the Stars, airing 8-9:32 pm, took #11 with 1.643 million (down from 1.652 million). Global’s Bones at 8 pm hit #15 with 1.361 million (up from 1.265 million). CTV’s Corner Gas at 9:32 pm took #17 with 1.316 million (up from 1.192 million).
Tuesday: CTV’s American Idol at 8 pm kept #1 with 2.461 million (up from 2.594 million), while Dancing with the Stars took #9 with 1.818 million (down from 1.829 million) in the 9 pm time slot. The net’s Law & Order: SVU at 10 pm hit #12 with 1.622 million (down from 1.896 million). Global’s NCIS at 8 pm took #18 with 1.281 million (down from 1.518 million).
Wednesday: CTV’s American Idol at 9 pm stayed at #2 with 2.353 million (up from 2.313 million), while Law & Order at 10 pm took #5 with 1.974 million (down from CSI: New York‘s 2.2 million the previous week). The net’s Criminal Minds at 10 pm took #19 with 1.272 million (down from 1.488 million).
Thursday: CTV’s Grey’s Anatomy at 9 pm hit #3 with 2.118 million, taking the night from the previous week’s winner, Global’s Survivor: Micronesia at 8 pm, which fell to #6 with 1.949 million (up from 1.853 million). CTV’s CSI at 8 pm took #7 with 1.858 million (up from 1.561 million in the previous week’s 9 pm time slot), while Lost at 10 pm hit #13 with 1.443 million viewers.
Friday: CTV’s Ghost Whisperer at 8 pm hit #23 with 1.003 million viewers. Global’s Numb3rs at 10 pm took #25 with 968,000 (up from 963,000).
Saturday: Aside from hockey programming, CTV’s weekend news at 6 pm was the only show on the chart, taking #28 with a Saturday-Sunday average of 920,000 viewers (down from 1.025 million).
Sunday: CTV’s Desperate Housewives at 9 pm hit #7 with 1.823 million (up from 1.765 million). Global’s Family Guy at 9 pm took #21 with 1.102 million. CTV’s Cold Case at 7 pm hit #22 with 1.04 million (up from 907,000), while Dexter at 10 pm took #24 with 991,000 and CSI at 8 pm hit #27 with 920,000 viewers (down from 1.24 million achieved by Oprah’s Big Give in that time slot the previous week).
For lists of the top 30 TV shows nationally and by region for the week, according to BBM/Nielsen, please click the links below:
