Monday, January 24, 2022

Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending August 20, 2006

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 48th week of the 2005-06 television broadcast season; most reruns are excluded from the list. Final household (HH) ratings, 18-49 ratings, and viewership (in millions) are provided in the first chartThe second chart includes data for cable programs that aired this week.

Broadcast ratings: chart is organized alphabetically by program title
ShowNetHH
Rating
18-49
Rating
Viewers
(millions)
20/20ABC4.3/81.8/66.20
60 MINUTESCBS7.8/152.3/811.50
AMERICA'S GOT TALENT-THUNBC7.3/123.5/1012.05
AMERICA'S GOT TALENT-WEDNBC7.1/123.3/1011.63
AMERICA'S MOST WANTEDFOX3.3/61.7/64.87
BIG BROTHER-SUNCBS5.3/92.9/88.33
BIG BROTHER-THUCBS5.0/92.7/97.72
BIG BROTHER-TUECBS5.0/93.1/107.77
DATELINE-FRINBC3.9/81.7/75.42
DATELINE-SATNBC3.4/61.6/54.92
HELL'S KITCHEN-8PFOX4.8/83.5/117.63
HELL'S KITCHEN-9PFOX5.8/94.5/129.54
JUST LEGALWB1.1/20.6/21.59
KYLE XY-FRIABC2.7/51.1/43.91
MISS TEEN USANBC3.8/71.7/55.72
NFL PRESEASON-FRICBS3.3/61.5/54.73
NFL PRESEASON-SUNNBC5.5/92.7/88.18
NFL PRESEASON-THUFOX4.1/72.0/65.75
PRIMETIME THURSDAYABC6.1/112.9/88.88
PRIMETIME: MEDICAL MYSTERIESABC4.9/82.5/77.07
PRIMETIME: THE OUTSIDERSABC3.7/62.2/65.58
PSYCH-MONNBC2.6/41.2/43.81
ROCK STAR-TUECBS4.0/72.9/86.51
ROCK STAR-WEDCBS3.5/62.3/85.53
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE?-8PFOX5.2/93.0/108.03
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE?-9PFOX6.7/114.3/1210.65
TEEN CHOICE AWARDSFOX3.0/52.1/64.75
TEEN CHOICE AWARDS RED CARPETFOX1.5/31.1/32.31
TREASURE HUNTERSNBC2.9/51.8/54.76
U.S. GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP-SATNBC2.2/40.9/33.18
U.S. GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP-SUNNBC2.7/51.3/44.11
WINDFALLNBC3.8/72.1/65.45
WWE SMACKDOWNUPN2.1/41.2/43.43

Cable ratings:
ShowNETViewers
(millions)
FANTASIA BARRINO STORY-SATLIF6.653
THE CLOSERTNT6.569
NEXTEL CUP/MICHIGANTNT6.414
WWE ENTERTAINMENT-10PUSA5.528
NFL: RAIDERS/VIKINGS-MONESPN5.381
MONKUSA5.212
FANTASIA BARRINO STORY-SUNLIF5.039
PSYCHUSA4.894
WWE ENTERTAINMENT-9PUSA4.887
MOVIE: FREAKY FRIDAYDSNY4.256
MLB: YANKEES/RED SOX-SUNESPN3.863
CHANNEL CHASERSNICK3.842
SPONGEBOB-SAT 9:30ANICK3.753
FAIRLY ODD PARENTS-SAT 10:30ANICK3.692
FAIRLY ODD PARENTS-SAT 10ANICK3.618
ROAST OF WILLIAM SHATNERCMDY3.6
SAVEDTNT3.2
PROJECT RUNWAYLIF3.0
LAGUNA BEACHMTV2.0
THE REAL WORLDMTV1.8
THE MIRACLE OF STAIRWAY BHIST1.0
IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIAFX0.960
WEEDSSHO0.578

-Viewership data not available for:
  • Kyle XY (ABC Family)
  • Falcon Beach (ABC Family)
  • Real World/Road Rules (MTV)
  • Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Bravo)
  • Rescue Me (FX)
  • Eureka (Sci-Fi)
  • 30 Days (FX)
  • Blade: The Series (Spike)
  • Stargate SG-1 (Sci-Fi)
  • Stargate Atlantis (Sci-Fi)
  • Deadwood (HBO)
  • Entourage (HBO)
  • Lucky Louie (HBO)
  • Brotherhood (Showtime)
  • The 4400 (USA)
  • The Dead Zone (USA)

Cable 18-49:
ShowNET18-49
(000s)
Rating
Fantasia Barrino Story   LIF31502.4
Nextel Cup/Michigan      TNT29782.3
WWE Entertainment        USA28122.2
Raiders/Vikings          ESPN26812.1
Fantasia Barrino Story   LIF25231.9
WWE Entertainment        USA23741.8
The Closer              TNT22101.7
Comedy Central Roast     CMDY21291.6
Psych                    USA20951.6
Project Runway           BRAV20141.5

-It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX) - 0.5 adults 18-49 rating (714K)

Weekly Top Kids Ratings: only available in viewership form for the top 10 programs this week
ShowNET9-14
(000s)
Hannah Montana (8/18; 8:30p)DSNY1564
That’s So Raven (8/18; 8p)DSNY1442
Suite Life of Zack & Cody (8/19; 8:30p)DSNY1411
Movie-Freaky Friday (8/18; 9-10:50p)DSNY1340
Suite Life of Zack & Cody (8/15; 6:30p)DSNY1315
Drake & Josh (8/14; 5:30p)NICK1311
Phil of the Future (8/19; 10p)DSNY1247
Suite Life of Zack & Cody (8/19; 11-11:25p)DSNY1194
Go Figure (8/18; 7p)DSNY1193
Hannah Montana (8/18; 7p)DSNY1191
ShowNET12-17
(000s)
Movie-Freaky Friday (8/18; 9-10:50p)DSNY955
WWE Entertainment (8/14; 10-11:08p)USA910
Hannah Montana (8/18; 8:30p)DSNY874
Family Guy (8/14; 11:30p)ADSM873
That’s So Raven (8/18; 8p)DSNY817
WWE Entertainment (8/14; 9-10p)USA813
2006 Teen Choice Awards (8/20; 8-10p)FOX770
Laguna Beach (8/16; 10-10:32p)MTV762
America’s Got Talent (8/17; 9-10p)NBC749
Hell’s Kitchen (8/14; 9:04-10p)FOX737


Source: Nielsen Media Research via The Los Angeles Times, Media Life Magazine, Variety, TV Tango, The Hollywood Reporter, The Futon Critic, USA Today, and the Associated Press

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