Football dominates Thursday

The last BCS Championship Game to air on free broadcast TV gave ABC an easy ratings victory on Thursday, as “The Jay Leno Show” on NBC posted its lowest Thursday ratings ever.

Thursday Overnight Nielsen ratings Ratings/Share Adults 18-49 9.5/24 2.1/5 1.5/4 1.5/4 1.4/3 0.6/2 Adults 18-34 8.8/25 1.3/4 1.6/4 1.4/4 1.1/3 0.6/2 Total Viewers (millions) 28.497 10.264 3.850 4.097 4.541 1.655

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