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For the week, ABC averaged 12.1 million viewers (7.4 rating, 12 share), Fox had 11.3 million (6.5, 11), CBS had 10.4 million (6.4, 11), NBC had 6.4 million (4.1, 7), the CW had 1.2 million (0.8, 1) and ION Television had 940,000 (0.6, 1). Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision led with 3.8 million (1.9 rating, 3 share), Telemundo had 950,000 and TeleFutura had 930,000 (both 0.5, 1), and Azteca had 220,000 (0.1, 0). NBC's "Nightly News" topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9.3 million viewers (6.2, 12). ABC's "World News" was second with 7.9 million (5.4, 10) and the "CBS Evening News" had 6.2 million viewers (4.1, 8). A ratings point represents 1,149,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 114.9 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show. For the week of March 1-7, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: "Academy Awards," ABC, 41.7 million; "Oscar's Red Carpet," ABC, 25.33 million; "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 23.56 million; "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox, 23.53 million; "NCIS," CBS, 19.62 million; "American Idol" (Thursday), Fox, 19.42 million; "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 16.86 million; "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 15.73 million; "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 15.59 million; "The Bachelor," ABC, 15.15 million. ___ ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co. CBS is owned by CBS Corp. CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp. Fox and My Network TV are units of News Corp. NBC and Telemundo are owned by General Electric Co. ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks. TeleFutura is a division of Univision. Azteca America is a wholly owned subsidiary of TV Azteca S.A. de C.V. ___ On the Net:
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