With the sweep over and lots of reruns on television, CBS won in both 18-49 and Households for the latest ratings week. “NCIS” even beat NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” to claim the #1 spot in the HH ratings, although not in 18-49.
In HH, CBS scored an average 7.0 rating and 12 share, well ahead of NBC at 4.5/8, Fox 4.1/7, ABC 3.1/5, Univision 1.7/3, CW 1.0/2, Ion 0.7/1, Telemundo and TeleFutura 0.5/1 and Aztyeca America 0.1/0.
For 18-49 it was CBS 3.0/9, NBC and Fox 2.4/7, ABC 1.4/4, Univision 1.3/4, CW 0.6/2, Telemundo and TeleFutura 0.4/1, Ion 0.3/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows.
The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report |
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Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 12/14/09 – 12/20/09 |
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Rank |
Program |
Network |
HH Rating |
HH Share |
2+ Audience (000) |
1 |
NCIS |
CBS |
12.7 |
21 |
20685 |
2 |
NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL |
NBC |
11.0 |
18 |
18187 |
3 |
NCIS: LOS ANGELES |
CBS |
10.9 |
17 |
17503 |
4 |
MENTALIST, THE |
CBS |
9.9 |
17 |
15769 |
5 |
TWO AND A HALF MEN |
CBS |
9.8 |
15 |
16370 |
6 |
CSI |
CBS |
9.5 |
15 |
15578 |
7 |
BIG BANG THEORY, THE |
CBS |
9.3 |
14 |
15580 |
8 |
GOOD WIFE, THE |
CBS |
9.1 |
16 |
14170 |
9 |
CRIMINAL MINDS |
CBS |
9.0 |
14 |
14677 |
9 |
CSI: MIAMI |
CBS |
9.0 |
15 |
14183 |
11 |
CSI: NY |
CBS |
8.6 |
15 |
13551 |
12 |
60 MINUTES |
CBS |
8.2 |
14 |
12720 |
13 |
SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK |
NBC |
7.9 |
13 |
13065 |
14 |
SURVIVOR: SAMOA FINALE(S) |
CBS |
7.6 |
12 |
13965 |
15 |
SURVIVOR: SAMOA |
CBS |
7.3 |
12 |
12463 |
16 |
SURVIVOR: SAMOA REUNION(S) |
CBS |
6.4 |
11 |
11676 |
17 |
FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 |
NBC |
6.0 |
10 |
9929 |
18 |
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER |
CBS |
5.8 |
9 |
9645 |
19 |
ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE |
CBS |
5.5 |
8 |
8818 |
20 |
SIMPSONS |
FOX |
4.8 |
8 |
8146 |
Source: The Nielsen Company