NFL and “Loser” carry NBC to victory

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NBC scored a rare victory in the 18-49 demo for the past week, powered by “Sunday Night Football” and the season finale of “The Biggest Loser.” The Peacock was second in Households and total viewers behind CBS.


In 18-49, NBC posted a 2.8 rating and 8 share. CBS was close behind at 2.7/8, then Fox 2.2/6, ABC 2.0/6, Univision 1.3/4, CW 0.7/2, Telemundo 0.5/1, TeleFutura 0.4/1, Ion 0.3/1 and Azteca America 0.2/0.

For HH CBS was at 6.6/11, NBC 5.5/9, ABC 4.2/7, Fox 3.8/6, Univision 1.8/3, CW 1.1/2, Ion 0.7/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.5/1 and Azteca America 0.2/0.

Here are the week’s top 20 shows.

The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 12/7/09 – 12/13/09

Rank

Program

Network

HH Rating

HH Share

2+ Audience (000)

1

NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

NBC

12.7

21

20882

2

MENTALIST, THE

CBS

10.3

18

16372

3

60 MINUTES

CBS

10.2

16

16238

4

CSI

CBS

10.0

16

16429

5

NCIS

CBS

9.5

15

15087

6

SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK

NBC

9.1

15

15085

7

CRIMINAL MINDS

CBS

8.9

14

14433

8

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS

8.8

13

14840

9

BIG BANG THEORY, THE

CBS

8.4

13

14377

9

CSI: NY

CBS

8.4

14

12965

11

BIGGEST LOSER 8

NBC

8.1

13

13452

12

CSI: MIAMI

CBS

8.0

13

12719

13

XMAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE(S)

ABC

7.8

13

11954

14

SURVIVOR: SAMOA

CBS

7.6

12

13251

14

NCIS: LOS ANGELES

CBS

7.6

12

12044

16

BARBARA WALTERS PRESENTS(S)

ABC

7.1

12

10548

17

BONES

FOX

6.7

11

10902

18

COLD CASE

CBS

6.5

10

10297

19

FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3

NBC

6.2

10

10115

19

DATELINE FRI

NBC

6.2

11

9341

19

GOOD WIFE, THE

CBS

6.2

11

9097

Source: The Nielsen Company