The final “Sunday Night Football” broadcast of the NFL regular season brought NBC the biggest audience ever for SNF. It also pushed the Peacock Network to the top of the 18-49 ratings for the week, although it was still beaten by CBS in the Household ratings.
Alas, there is no more SNF for NBC until the Fall. But, it will have the Super Bowl this year.
In 18-49 NBC scored an average 2.0 rating and 6 share, with CBS at 1.7/5, Univision 1.4/4, ABC 1.3/4, Fox 1.0/3, Telemundo 0.5/2, Ion 0.4/1, CW and TeleFutura 0.3/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.
For HH CBS was at 5.1/9, NBC 3.8/7, ABC 2.8/5, Fox 1.8/3, Univision 1.6/3, Ion 0.8/1, Telemundo 0.7/1, CW 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.3/0 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.
Here are the week’s top 20 programs:
| The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report | ||||||
| Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 12/26/11 – 01/01/12 | ||||||
| Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) | |
| 1 | NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | NBC | 15.7 | 25 | 27624 | |
| 2 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | NBC | 11.8 | 19 | 21234 | |
| 3 | 60 MINUTES – SP 1/1(S) | CBS | 8.7 | 14 | 14454 | |
| 4 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 | NBC | 8.1 | 13 | 14438 | |
| 5 | NCIS | CBS | 7.8 | 13 | 12577 | |
| 6 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 6.6 | 11 | 10599 | |
| 7 | NEW YEAR’S ROCKIN EVE ’12(S) | ABC | 6.3 | 13 | 12921 | |
| 8 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 6.1 | 10 | 10164 | |
| 8 | CSI | CBS | 6.1 | 11 | 9736 | |
| 10 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES WED-SP(S) | CBS | 5.7 | 10 | 9174 | |
| 11 | MENTALIST, THE | CBS | 5.6 | 10 | 8901 | |
| 12 | KENNEDY CENTER HONORS(S) | CBS | 5.4 | 9 | 8398 | |
| 13 | PERSON OF INTEREST | CBS | 5.2 | 9 | 8511 | |
| 14 | TWO AND A HALF MEN 12/26(S) | CBS | 5.0 | 8 | 8149 | |
| 15 | CSI: NY | CBS | 4.6 | 8 | 7285 | |
| 15 | UNFORGETTABLE – SP 1/1(S) | CBS | 4.6 | 7 | 7117 | |
| 17 | MIKE & MOLLY SP-12/26(S) | CBS | 4.5 | 7 | 7378 | |
| 17 | RULES OF ENGAGEMENT | CBS | 4.5 | 8 | 7594 | |
| 19 | BLUE BLOODS | CBS | 4.3 | 8 | 6765 | |
| 19 | GOOD WIFE, THE – SP 1/1(S) | CBS | 4.3 | 7 | 6256 | |
| 19 | NEW YR ROCKIN EVE:40ANNIV(S) | ABC | 4.3 | 9 | 8361 | |
| Soruce: The Nielsen Company | ||||||
