The NFL Wildcard games on NBC and Fox were both strong ratings draws, but the San Diego-Indianapolis game on NBC was far and away the bigger draw than Philadelphia-Minnesota on Fox and gave the Peacock net a rare win in both Household ratings and the key 18-49 demo.
For the New Year’s week, NBC scored an HH rating of 5.7 and a 10 share, with CBS at 5.3/9, Fox 5.2/9, ABC 3.9/6, Univision 1.7/3, MyNetworkTV 1.0/2, CW 0.8/1, Telemundo 0.5/1, Ion and TeleFutura 0.4/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
In 18-49 it was NBC, Fox, ABC, CBS, Univision, MyNetworkTV, Telemundo, CW, TeleFutura and a tie by Ion and Azteca America.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows.
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Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report |
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| Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 12/29/08 – 01/04/09 | |||||
| Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) |
| 1 | NBC NFL PLAYOFF GAME 2(S) | NBC | 16.1 | 27 | 27792 |
| 2 | NBC NFL PLAYOFF PRE-KICK2(S) | NBC | 13.1 | 23 | 21865 |
| 3 | FOX NFC WILDCARD POST GME(S) | FOX | 9.8 | 16 | 16416 |
| 4 | DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES | ABC | 8.8 | 13 | 14394 |
| 5 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 8.1 | 13 | 12322 |
| 5 | NCIS | CBS | 8.1 | 13 | 13433 |
| 7 | COLD CASE | CBS | 7.9 | 12 | 12673 |
| 8 | ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL(S) | FOX | 7.8 | 13 | 13369 |
| 9 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 7.3 | 12 | 11357 |
| 10 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 7.2 | 11 | 11867 |
| 11 | MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD | CBS | 6.7 | 10 | 10414 |
| 12 | KENNEDY CENTER HONORS(S) | CBS | 6.6 | 11 | 10513 |
| 13 | EXTREME MAKEOVER:HM ED-8P | ABC | 6.4 | 10 | 10935 |
| 14 | SUPERSTARS OF DANCE 1/4(S) | NBC | 6.3 | 10 | 10553 |
| 15 | LAW AND ORDER:SVU 12/30(S) | NBC | 6.2 | 10 | 9624 |
| 16 | UNIT, THE | CBS | 6.0 | 10 | 9729 |
| 17 | BROTHERS & SISTERS | ABC | 5.9 | 10 | 9093 |
| 18 | CSI SPECIAL(S) | CBS | 5.8 | 9 | 9760 |
| 18 | LAW AND ORDER:SVU | NBC | 5.8 | 10 | 8881 |
| 20 | DEAL OR NO DEAL 1/1(S) | NBC | 5.7 | 9 | 9488 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company | |||||
