Nielsen ratings: 'Idol' tangos with 'Dancing' at top of charts

Plus: "The Tourist" remains the most-rented Redbox movie locally.

April 6, 2011 at 9:24PM
It was the last week for 16-year-old Thia Megia on "American Idol."
It was the last week for 16-year-old Thia Megia on "American Idol." (Fox/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Here are the top 20 broadcast TV shows for the week of March 28 (Monday to Sunday), according to data released Tuesday by the Nielsen Co.:

1 American Idol, Wed. (Fox)2 Dancing With the Stars, Mon. (ABC)

3 American Idol, Thu. (Fox)

4 Dancing With the Stars, Tue. (ABC)

5 NCIS (CBS)

6 NCAA Basketball: Kentucky vs. UConn (CBS)

7 NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)

8 The Mentalist (CBS)

9 Body of Proof (ABC)

10 Grey's Anatomy (ABC)

11 Criminal Minds (CBS)

12 American Country Music Awards (CBS)

13 NCAA Basketball Post-Game (CBS)

14 Dancing With the Stars: Story So Far (ABC)

15 CSI (CBS)

16 Castle (ABC)

17 The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

18 Survivor (CBS)

19 Blue Bloods (CBS)

20 Mobbed (Fox)

MOVIE RENTALS

'Tourist' likes stay at No. 1Here are Redbox's top 20 DVD and Blu-ray rentals in the Twin Cities for the previous seven days, according to data released Tuesday by the kiosk-based rental company:

1 The Tourist

2 Love & Other Drugs

3 127 Hours

4 Due Date

5 The Fighter

6 How Do You Know

7 Tangled

8 Fair Game

9 The Switch

10 Unstoppable

11 Life as We Know It

12 Stone

13 Megamind

14 The Next Three Days

15 Faster

16 Morning Glory

17 Jackass 3

18 Despicable Me

19 I Spit on Your Grave (2011)

20 Burlesque

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