Boston's top shows

Here are the most watched shows in Boston, week of April 27-May 3. "American Idol" continues to rock and lock the top two spots with almost half a million viewers, ages 2 and older, in the Boston TV market.
Sports continue to score: Major League Baseball ranked in three of the top 10 spots, along with the Celtics and Bruins. Of note: Fox25's 10 pm. newscast, which traditionally ranks among the most watched 15 shows, came in #29 with 206,000 viewers. Could sports be siphoning viewers away at 10 p.m? NBC didn't have any shows last week in the list. ABC's most watched show in Boston was "Dancing with The Stars'' which waltzed to #13 with 306,000. CBS's most popular show: "Two and a Half Men" (#4 with 384,000.)

1. WFXT-FOX American Idol (Tues) 481,000 total viewers
2. WFXT-FOX American Idol (Wed) 467,000
3. NESN: Major League Baseball (Mon) 414,000
4. WBZ:CBS Two and A Half Men 384,000
5. NESN: MLBaseball (Wed.) 370,000
6. CSNE: Celtics Playoffs (Sat.) 365,000
7. VS: National Hockey League 355,000
8. NESN: Bruins Playoffs 352,000
9. WBZ:CBS The Mentalist 339,000
9. NESN: MLBaseball (Tues.) 338,000
11. WBZ:CBS The Mentalist 318,000
12. WBZ:CBS NCIS 311,000
13. WCVB:ABC Dancing with The Stars 306,000
14. NESN: MLBaseball 299,000
15. WCVB:ABC Desperate Housewives 287,000

source: Nielsen Media Research

compiled by Johnny Diaz, Globe Staff
jodiaz@globe.com