The college football championship game of the Florida Gators over the Oklahoma Sooners was the #1 program of the week in the ratings for Week 16 of the 2008-2009 television season. That helped Fox to a decisive win in all major metrics, not to mention also having the #2 program, the NFC playoff game, and #6, the Fiesta Bowl. CBS also scored with football, as the AFC post game registered in prime time.
In Households, Fox scored an 8.4 rating and 13 share, with CBS at 7.3/12, NBC 5.2/8, ABC 5.0/8, Univision 1.9/3, CW 1.2/2, MyNetworkTV 1.1/2, Telemundo 0.7/1, Ion 0.4/1, TeleFutura 0.3/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
In the key 18-49 demo it was Fox, CBS, ABC, NBC, Univision, CW, a tie by Telemundo and MyNetworkTV, TeleFutura and a tie by Azteca America and Ion.
Here are the week’s top 20 programs.
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Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report |
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| Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 01/05/09 – 01/11/09 | |||||
| Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) |
| 1 | FEDEX BCS NATL CHAMP(S) | FOX | 15.8 | 25 | 26767 |
| 2 | FOX NFC PLAYOFF-SAT(S) | FOX | 13.8 | 23 | 23776 |
| 3 | AFC DIV-PLF-POST-GAME-SU(S) | CBS | 12.6 | 20 | 21348 |
| 4 | MENTALIST, THE | CBS | 12.2 | 18 | 19617 |
| 5 | NCIS | CBS | 11.6 | 18 | 19103 |
| 6 | TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL(S) | FOX | 10.4 | 17 | 17056 |
| 7 | GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS(S) | NBC | 9.3 | 14 | 14860 |
| 8 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 9.2 | 14 | 15032 |
| 9 | GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM | ABC | 8.9 | 13 | 13866 |
| 10 | DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES | ABC | 8.5 | 12 | 13787 |
| 10 | WITHOUT A TRACE | CBS | 8.5 | 14 | 13133 |
| 12 | BARBARA WALTERS SP-1/7(S) | ABC | 8.3 | 14 | 12550 |
| 13 | COLD CASE | CBS | 7.7 | 11 | 12300 |
| 14 | CSI | CBS | 7.2 | 11 | 11004 |
| 14 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 7.2 | 11 | 11559 |
| 16 | BIGGEST LOSER 7 | NBC | 7.1 | 11 | 11923 |
| 17 | 24 | FOX | 7.0 | 10 | 12612 |
| 17 | LAW AND ORDER:SVU | NBC | 7.0 | 12 | 10816 |
| 19 | LAW AND ORDER | NBC | 6.9 | 11 | 10259 |
| 20 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 6.8 | 11 | 10400 |
Source: The Nielsen Company |
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