Santa brings good ratings to CBS, NBC
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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 | |||||
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