CBS scored an across-the-board ratings win in Thanksgiving Week. NBC, not surprisingly, had the #1 show in both Households and 18-49, “Sunday Night Football,” but CBS had lots more highly-rated shows, mostly of the scripted variety. ABC was second, also across-the-board, led by the season’s final two shows of “Dancing with the Stars.”
In HH CBS had an average 7.1 rating and 11 share, with ABC at 6.1/10, NBC 4.3/7, Fox 3.7/6, Univision 2.0/3, CW 1.0/2, Ion and Telemundo 0.7/1, TeleFutura 0.3/0 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.
In 18-49 CBS was at 2.9/8, ABC 2.7/7, Fox 2.3/6, NBC 2.2/6, Univision 1.6/4, CW 0.6/2, Telemundo 0.5/1, Ion 0.3/1, TeleFutura 0.2/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows:
| The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report | |||||
| Network primetime (Live +SD) week of 11/14/11 – 11/20/11 | |||||
| Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) |
| 1 | NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | NBC | 12.5 | 19 | 20305 |
| 2 | NCIS | CBS | 12.3 | 19 | 19996 |
| 3 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 11.7 | 17 | 17946 |
| 4 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | ABC | 10.0 | 15 | 15101 |
| 5 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 9.4 | 14 | 15152 |
| 5 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | NBC | 9.4 | 14 | 15206 |
| 7 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 9.2 | 14 | 14467 |
| 8 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 9.1 | 14 | 15055 |
| 9 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 8.8 | 13 | 14770 |
| 10 | 20/20 SP EDITION-11/14(S) | ABC | 8.4 | 13 | 12395 |
| 11 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 8.0 | 12 | 12723 |
| 12 | MODERN FAMILY | ABC | 7.8 | 12 | 12914 |
| 13 | BLUE BLOODS | CBS | 7.6 | 13 | 12408 |
| 13 | MENTALIST, THE | CBS | 7.6 | 13 | 12209 |
| 15 | HAWAII FIVE-0 | CBS | 7.4 | 12 | 11706 |
| 15 | MIKE & MOLLY | CBS | 7.4 | 11 | 12181 |
| 15 | UNFORGETTABLE | CBS | 7.4 | 12 | 11372 |
| 18 | PERSON OF INTEREST | CBS | 7.1 | 11 | 11650 |
| 19 | 2 BROKE GIRLS | CBS | 7.0 | 10 | 11765 |
| 19 | SURVIVOR: SOUTH PACIFIC | CBS | 7.0 | 11 | 11596 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company | |||||
