Football keeps NBC on top

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Put week 51 of the nearly completed 2007-2008 television season in the win column for NBC. NFL football and "America’s Got Talent" carried the Peacock net to another win.


In Households, NBC scored a 5.3 rating and 9 share, followed by CBS 4.9/8, ABC 4.0/7, Fox 3.9/6, Univision 2.0/3, CW 1.8/3, MyNetworkTV 0.7/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, Ion 0.3/1, TeleFutura 0.3/0 and Azteca America 0.1/0.

In the key 18-49 demo, NBC was also on top, followed by Fox, a tie by ABC and CBS, Univision, CW, Telemundo, MyNetworkTV, TeleFutura, and a tie by Azteca America and Ion.

Here are the week’s top 20 shows.

Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report
Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 09/08/08 – 09/14/08

Rank Program Network HH Rating HH Share 2+ Audience (000)
1 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NBC 10.8 18 17834
2 60 MINUTES CBS 8.2 13 12540
3 SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK NBC 7.9 13 13559
4 AMERICA’S GOT TALENT NBC 7.3 11 11612
4 AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-WED NBC 7.3 12 11704
6 SAT NIGHT FOOTBALL ABC 7.0 13 11939
7 FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 NBC 6.4 11 10849
8 AMERICA’S GOT TALENT 9/11(S) NBC 6.3 11 9833
9 DEAL OR NO DEAL-MON NBC 6.2 10 9651
10 CSI CBS 6.0 10 9044
10 TWO AND A HALF MEN CBS 6.0 9 9177
12 FRINGE FOX 5.9 9 9132
13 BONES FOX 5.8 10 9150
13 FLASHPOINT CBS 5.8 10 8680
15 CRIMINAL MINDS CBS 5.7 9 8365
16 20/20-FRI ABC 5.2 9 8068
17 CSI: MIAMI CBS 5.1 8 7257
17 CSI: NY CBS 5.1 9 7419
17 LAW AND ORDER:SVU NBC 5.1 9 7612
20 BIG BROTHER 10-THU CBS 5.0 8 7818

Source: Nielsen Media Research