CBS dominating December

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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

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 12/14/09 – 12/20/09

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