Saturday’s big NFL primetime game which saw the New England Patriots complete a perfect season by defeating the New York Giants was the week’s #2 show in the ratings…and #3 as well. The CBS simulcast of the coverage originating from the NFL Network edged out the identical simulcast (except for some of the commercials) on NBC. But the Peacock net had the week’s #1 with its exclusive Sunday primetime NFL broadcast of Tennessee at Indianapolis. Combined, of course, the CBS-NBC simulcast would have been far and away the most watched show of the week, not to mention adding in the folks who watched on the originating cable net.
For the week, the unusual football broadcast helped make CBS the top network in Households, while NBC claimed the 18-49 demo. For HH the Eye net had a 5.3 rating and 10 share, followed by NBC 5.1/9, Fox 3.8/7, ABC 3.3/6, Univision 1.5/3, CW 1.1/2, MyNetworkTV 0.7/1, Telemundo 0.5/1, Ion 0.4/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
For the key 18-49 demo, it was NBC, CBS, Fox, ABC, Univision, CW, a tie by Telemundo and MyNetworkTV, TeleFutura, and a tie by Azteca America and Ion.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows.
Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report |
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Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 12/24/07 – 12/30/07 |
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Rank |
Program |
Network |
Rating |
Share |
Audience (000) |
1 |
NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL |
NBC |
9.7 |
16 |
15802 |
2 |
NFL SAT NIGHT SPECIAL(S) |
CBS |
8.7 |
15 |
15679 |
3 |
60 MINUTES |
CBS |
7.7 |
13 |
12393 |
3 |
NBC NFL SPECIAL 12/29(S) |
NBC |
7.7 |
13 |
13228 |
5 |
CSI |
CBS |
7.0 |
12 |
10686 |
6 |
WITHOUT A TRACE |
CBS |
6.9 |
12 |
10543 |
7 |
SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK |
NBC |
6.3 |
11 |
10381 |
8 |
CSI: NY THURSDAY 8PM SP(S) |
CBS |
6.0 |
10 |
9492 |
9 |
AMAZING RACE 12 |
CBS |
5.9 |
9 |
9685 |
9 |
CRIMINAL MINDS – 8PM SPC(S) |
CBS |
5.9 |
10 |
8970 |
9 |
LAW & ORDER:SVU10P12/26(S) |
NBC |
5.9 |
11 |
8692 |
12 |
DEAL OR NO DEAL 12/25(S) |
NBC |
5.8 |
12 |
9778 |
13 |
OT, THE |
FOX |
5.7 |
10 |
8790 |
14 |
LAW AND ORDER:SVU 9P12/26(S) |
NBC |
5.1 |
9 |
7534 |
15 |
COLD CASE |
CBS |
5.0 |
8 |
7547 |
16 |
LAW AND ORDER:SVU 12/25(S) |
NBC |
4.9 |
10 |
7595 |
17 |
FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 |
NBC |
4.8 |
8 |
7715 |
18 |
NBC NFL SP PRE-KICK 12/29(S) |
NBC |
4.7 |
9 |
7983 |
19 |
ABC SUN MOVIE OF WK-12/30(S) |
ABC |
4.6 |
8 |
7651 |
19 |
SHARK |
CBS |
4.6 |
8 |
6858 |
Source: Nielsen Media Research |
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