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