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Santa brings good ratings to CBS, NBC

04 January, 2009 02:46:00

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CBS topped the Household ratings for Christmas week, but NBC claimed a rare win in the key 18-49 demo, powered by Sunday Night Football.

In HH it was CBS with a 4.8 rating and 9 share, followed by NBC 3.9/7, Fox 3.3/6, ABC 2.9/5, Univision 1.5/3, MyNetworkTV 0.9/2, CW 0.8/2, Telemundo 0.5/1, Ion 0.4/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
In 18-49 it was NBC, Fox, CBS, ABC, Univision, MyNetworkTV, a tie by Telemundo and CW, TeleFutura, and a tie by Azteca America and Ion.

Here are the week's top 20 programs.

Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report
Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 12/22/08 - 12/28/08
Rank	Program	Network	HH Rating	HH Share	2+ Audience (000)
1	NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL	NBC	9.0	15	14847
2	60 MINUTES	CBS	8.7	15	14110
3	TWO AND A HALF MEN	CBS	7.4	12	11817
4	MENTALIST, THE-10PM SPCL(S)	CBS	6.6	11	10676
4	NCIS 9P-SPECIAL(S)	CBS	6.6	11	10598
6	MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD	CBS	6.3	10	9836
7	COLD CASE	CBS	6.1	10	9693
7	SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK	NBC	6.1	10	10137
9	CSI: MIAMI	CBS	5.8	10	8541
10	CSI - SPECIAL(S)	CBS	5.0	10	8029
10	GHOST WHISPERER-SPECIAL(S)	CBS	5.0	9	7795
12	OT, THE	FOX	4.8	8	7625
13	BIG BANG THEORY, THE	CBS	4.7	8	7244
13	ELEVENTH HOUR - SPECIAL(S)	CBS	4.7	10	7370
13	LAW AND ORDER:SVU	NBC	4.7	8	7052
16	CSI: NY - SPCL(S)	CBS	4.6	10	6918
16	FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3	NBC	4.6	8	7517
18	WORST WEEK	CBS	4.5	7	6859
19	HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER	CBS	4.4	7	6840
20	HOUSE	FOX	4.3	7	6739
Source: The Nielsen Company