Weekly ratings numbers delayed

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Preliminary numbers from the networks indicated that NBC easily won both the total viewership and 18-49 ratings crowns for the past week, powered by two nights of NFL football, with Fox second for 18-49 and CBS for total viewers. However, The Nielsen Company has not yet released the final, official numbers and says they won’t be out until sometime Wednesday. In the meantime, here are the top 20 shows for the week.


The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) 09/07/09 – 09/13/09

Rank

Program

Network

HH Rating

HH Share

2+ Audience (000)

1

NBC NFL THURSDAY SPECIAL(S)

NBC

12.8

22

20909

2

NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

NBC

12.6

21

21102

3

SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK

NBC

10.0

17

17002

4

NBC NFL THURSDAY PRE-KICK(S)

NBC

9.5

17

15529

5

AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE

NBC

7.2

12

12031

5

FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3

NBC

7.2

12

11990

5

NCIS

CBS

7.2

12

11224

8

60 MINUTES

CBS

6.9

12

10518

9

OT, THE

FOX

6.8

12

11341

10

AMERICA GOT TALENT-WED 9P

NBC

6.2

10

10057

11

NFL OPENING KICK-OFF SHOW(S)

NBC

5.8

11

9234

12

TWO AND A HALF MEN SP(S)

CBS

5.7

9

9019

13

MENTALIST, THE

CBS

5.6

10

8344

14

BIG BANG THEORY, THE SP(S)

CBS

5.1

8

8085

14

DATELINE FRI

NBC

5.1

9

7403

16

CSI

CBS

5.0

8

7558

17

BIG BROTHER 11-TUE

CBS

4.8

7

7885

18

DATELINE NBC-MON

NBC

4.7

8

6738

19

BIG BROTHER 11-THU

CBS

4.6

8

7442

19

GLEE

FOX

4.6

7

7502


Source: The Nielsen Company