Nielsen Top Prime Time Ratings March 11-17 2013

The Top 20 Prime Time shows (Network and Cable) for the week of March 11-17th 2013

1 -  The Big Bang Theory  (CBS)  15.9 million

2 -  Person of Interest   (CBS)   14.34

3 -  American Idol - Wednesday  (FOX)   13.44

4 -  NCIS   (CBS)   13.18

5 -  Two and a Half Men   (CBS)   12.18

6 -  NCIS: Los Angeles  (CBS)   11.95

7 -  American Idol - Thursday  (FOX)   11.93

8 -  Elementary   (CBS)   11.33

9 -  The Bible  (HISTORY)  10.87

10 - The Walking Dead  (AMC)   10.84

11 - The Bachelor: After the Final Rose  (ABC)   10.81

12 - The Bachelor  (ABC)   10.42

13 - Blue Bloods  (CBS)   10.41

14 - 60 Minutes  (CBS)   10.22

15 - The Mentalist   (CBS)  9.98

16 - Survivor : Caramoan  (CBS)  9.89

17 - The Good Wife  (CBS)   9.08

18 - Amazing Race 22   (CBS)   8.91

19 - Golden Boy   (CBS)    8.53

20 - Duck Dynasty  - Wednesday 1030pm  (A&E)  8.29

NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction 03/24/2013

New York Times Bestseller List

Fiction

Week Ending March 24th 2013

(click on title of debut's and link to amazon.com)

10 - The Last Threshold - R.A. Salvatore
(Debut)
Book 4 of the fantasy Neverwinter Saga.

9  -  Calculated in Death - J.D. Robb
(2 weeks on list)
(last week's #1)

8  -  The Chance - Karen Kingsbury
(Debut)
Teenage friends, separated by a move, come together as adults to see whether they can find love.

7  -  Damascus Countdown - Joel Rosenberg
(Debut)
C.I.A. operative searches for two nuclear warheads that survived an Israeli attack on Iran.

6  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(40 weeks on list)

5  -  A Week in Winter - Maeve Binchy
(4 weeks on list)

4  -  Alex Cross, Run - James Patterson
(3 weeks on list)

3  -  The Storyteller - Jodi Picoult
(2 weeks on list)

2  -  The Striker - Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
(Debut)
In 1902, the young detective Isaac Bell discovers that provocateurs, no the union members he was hired to investigate, are causing trouble in the coal mines.

1  -  Frost Burned - Patricia Briggs
(DEBUT)
The shape-shifter Mercy Thompson seeks assistance from an unlikely ally when her mate, the Alpha werewolf Adam Hauptman, and the rest of his pack are abducted.

New York Times Bestseller List (Fiction) March 17th 2013

NY Times Bestseller List

Fiction

Week Ending March 17th 2013

10 - Tenth of December - George Sanders
(8 weeks on list)

9  -  Guilt - Jonathan Kellerman
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  The Dinner - Herman Koch
(3 weeks on list)

7  -  A Memory of Light - Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
(8 weeks on list)

6  -  Red Velvet Cupcake Murder - Joanne Fluke
(Debut)
Hannah Swensen becomes a suspect when her romantic rival turns up dead; recipes included

5  -  A Week in Winter - Maeve Binchy
(3 weeks on list)

4  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(39 weeks on list)

3  -  Alex Cross, Run - James Patterson
(2 weeks on list)

2  -  The Storyteller - Jodi Picoult
(Debut)
A New Hampshire baker finds herself in the midst of two Holocaust stories: her grandmother's story of survival, and the confessions of an elderly German man, an SS officer.

1  -  Calculated in Death - J.D. Robb
(DEBUT)
Lt. Eve Dallas must crunch the numbers as she investigates the death of a successful accountant.

Top 20 Cable TV Shows (March 4-10 2013)

Nielsen Television (TV) Ratings for Cable

Top 20 Cable Series: March 4-10, 2013

Rank	Program Name	Net	Day	Time	Viewers
1	THE WALKING DEAD	AMC	Sun	9:00 PM	11,458,000
2	THE BIBLE	HIST	Sun	8:00 PM	10,824,000
3	DUCK DYNASTY	AEN	Wed	10:30 PM	8,212,000
4	DUCK DYNASTY	AEN	Wed	10:00 PM	8,158,000
5	WWE RAW	USA	Mon	9:00 PM	5,239,000
5	WWE RAW	USA	Mon	8:00 PM	4,968,000
7	WWE RAW	USA	Mon	10:00 PM	4,847,000
8	PAWN STARS	HIST	Mon	10:00 PM	4,814,000
9	PAWN STARS	HIST	Mon	10:31 PM	4,798,000
10	VIKINGS	HIST	Sun	10:00 PM	4,615,000
11	SWAMP PEOPLE	HIST	Thu	9:00 PM	4,460,000
12	AMERICAN PICKERS	HIST	Mon	9:00 PM	4,269,000
13	DUCK DYNASTY	AEN	Wed	9:30 PM	4,231,000
14	SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS	NICK	Sat	10:30 AM	4,041,000
15	NCIS	USA	Wed	8:00 PM	4,000,000
16	SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS	NICK	Sat	10:00 AM	3,921,000
17	NCIS	USA	Wed	9:00 PM	3,776,000
17	THE BIG BANG THEORY	TBSC	Sat	10:00 PM	3,761,000
19	THE BIG BANG THEORY	TBSC	Sat	10:30 PM	3,752,000
20	THE BIG BANG THEORY	TBSC	Sat	9:30 PM	3,644,000

Nielsen TV Ratings Network Primetime March 4-10 2013

Nielsen Television Ratings

Primetime Network Series

Week of March 4th-10th 2013

1 - NCIS  (CBS)   20.812 million
2 - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)  17.627
3 - NCIS : Los Angeles  (CBS)  16.240
4 - Person of Interest  (CBS)      14.572
5 - Two and a Half Men   (CBS) 13.542
6 - American Idol - Thursday  (FOX)   13.121
7 - American Idol - Wednesday  (FOX)  12.836
8 - American Idol - Tuesday   (FOX)  11.724
9 - 60 Minutes   (CBS)   11.585
10 - Blue Bloods  (CBS)  10.722
11 - Survivor : Caramoan  (CBS)   9.582
12 - The Mentalist   (CBS)  9.524
13 - Golden Boy   (CBS)  9.402
14 - The Amazing Race  (CBS)  9.271
15 - The Good Wife   (CBS)  9.205
16 - The Following   (FOX)   8.812
17 - Elementary   (CBS)     8.695
18 - The Bachelor  (ABC)   8.532
19 - Bones    (FOX)    8.414
20 - Once Upon a Time  (ABC)   7.641

America's Top Ten (March 4th 1984)

America's Top Ten

Week Ending March 4th 1984

New York Times Bestseller List - Fiction 03/10/2013

New York Times Bestseller List

Fiction

Week Ending March 10th 2013

10 - Touch and Go - Lisa Gardner
(3 weeks on list)

9  -  The Sound of Broken Glass - Deborah Crombie
(Debut)
Detectives Gemma Jones and her husband, Duncan Kincaid, investigate when a respected barrister is found dead in a seedy London hotel; the 15th book in a series

8  -  Private Berlin - James Patterson
(5 weeks on list)

7  -  The Dinner - Herman Koch
(2 weeks on list)

6  -  Tenth of December - George Saunders
(7 weeks on list)

5  -  Guilt - Jonathan Kellerman
(2 weeks on list)

4  -  A Memory of Light - Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
(7 weeks on list)

3  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(38 weeks on list)

2  -  A Week in Winter - Maeve Binchy
(2 weeks on list) (#1 last week)

1  -  Alex Cross, Run - James Patterson
(DEBUT)
While Alex Cross pursues a Washington serial killer (or killers?), someone is after him.

New York Times Bestseller List - NonFiction 03/10/2013

NY Times Bestseller List

Non Fiction

Week Ending March 10th 2013

10 - Damn Few - Rorke Denver and Ellis Henican
(Debut)
An officer in the Nave SEALS describes the training program he runs.

9  -  No Easy Day - Mark Owen
(25 weeks on list)

8  -  America The Beautiful - Ben C. Carson And Candy Carson
(Debut)
A doctor explores what makes America great.

7  -  Francona - Terry Francona and Dan Shaughnessy
(5 weeks on list)

6  -  Coolidge - Amity Shlaes
(2nd week on list)
This biography reclaims the 30th Presidetn of the US as a conservative hero.

5  -  Killing Lincoln - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(74 weeks on list)

4  -  Killing Kennedy - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(21 weeks on list)

3  -  My Beloved World - Sonia Sotomayor
(6 weeks on list)

2  -  The Soundtrack of My Life - Clive Davis with Anthony DeCurtis
(Debut)
A memoir by the powerful music company executive.

1  -  American Sniper - Chris Kyle
(25 weeks on list)
A member of he Navy SEALs, recently shot to death in Texas, discusses his childhood, marriage and battlefield experiences.

Top 20 Cable TV Show (Feb 25-March 3 2013)

The Top 20 Cable TV Shows According to Nielsen

Week of Feb 25th to March 3rd 2013

The History Channel Dominates!

1 - The Bible  (History, Sunday)

2 - The Walking Dead  (AMC, Sunday)

3 - Duck Dynasty  (A&E, Wed 10pm)

4 - Duck Dynasty  (A&E, Wed 1030pm)

5 - Vikings  (History, Sunday)

5 - Pawn Stars  (History, Mon 1030pm)

7 - Pawn Stars  (History, Mon 10pm)

8 - WWE RAW  (USA,  Mon 8pm)

9 - Spongebob Squarepants  (Nick, Sat 1030am)

10 - WWE RAW  (USA,  Mon 9pm)

11 - Duck Dynasty  (A&E, Wed  11pm)

12 - WWE RAW  (USA,  Mon  10pm)

13 - American Pickers   (History, Mon 9pm)

14 - Swamp People  (History,  Thurs  9pm)

15 - Tangled (Movie: Disney, Sun 8pm)

16 - Spongebob Squarepants  (Nick, Sat 10am)

17 - The Big Bang Theory  (TBS, Sat  10pm)

17 - Duck Dynasty  (A&E,  Wed  930pm)

19 - The Big Bang Theory  (TBS,  Sat  1030pm)

20 - Spongebob Squarepants  (Nick,  Sat 9am)