Week 12 of the TV season saw CBS claim a win in the Nielsen Household ratings, as well as the key 18-49 demo and for persons 2+. About all that was lacking was the #1 show, which, of course, was NBC’s “Sun day Night Football. But CBS claimed every spot in the top 10 for non-sports programming and had the most shows in the top 10 for the 18-49 demo.
In HH CBS scored an average 6.5 rating and 10 share, with NBC at 4.5/7, ABC 3.9/6, Fox 3.6/6, Univision 1.7/3, CW 0.9/1, Ion and Telemundo 0.8/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.
For 18-49 CBS was at 2.7/7, NBC 2.4/7, Fox 2.1/6, ABC 1.7/5, Univision 1.4/4, Telemundo 0.7/2, CW 0.6/2, Ion 0.4/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.
Due to a tie, here are the week’s top 21 programs:
| The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report | ||||||
| Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 12/05/11 – 12/11/11 | ||||||
| Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) | |
| 1 | NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | NBC | 14.9 | 23 | 24516 | |
| 2 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | NBC | 10.5 | 16 | 17610 | |
| 3 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 9.4 | 14 | 14743 | |
| 4 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 9.3 | 14 | 15176 | |
| 5 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 8.5 | 14 | 14016 | |
| 6 | MENTALIST, THE | CBS | 8.3 | 14 | 13040 | |
| 7 | NCIS | CBS | 8.2 | 13 | 12732 | |
| 8 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 | NBC | 8.0 | 13 | 13255 | |
| 9 | 2 BROKE GIRLS | CBS | 7.9 | 12 | 12753 | |
| 9 | MIKE & MOLLY | CBS | 7.9 | 12 | 12659 | |
| 9 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 7.9 | 12 | 12234 | |
| 9 | PERSON OF INTEREST | CBS | 7.9 | 12 | 12661 | |
| 13 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 7.7 | 12 | 12408 | |
| 14 | GOOD WIFE, THE | CBS | 7.5 | 12 | 11561 | |
| 15 | MODERN FAMILY | ABC | 7.4 | 11 | 12200 | |
| 16 | HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER | CBS | 7.2 | 11 | 11506 | |
| 17 | AMAZING RACE 19 | CBS | 7.0 | 10 | 11715 | |
| 17 | CSI | CBS | 7.0 | 12 | 11141 | |
| 19 | HAWAII FIVE-0 | CBS | 6.9 | 11 | 11009 | |
| 20 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 6.8 | 12 | 10165 | |
| 20 | SURVIVOR: SOUTH PACIFIC | CBS | 6.8 | 11 | 11588 | |
| Source: The Nielsen Company | ||||||
