Week’s winner depends on how you count

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For the past week, CBS can claim to be the most watched network, #1 in Households and total viewers, with Fox in 4th place. But if what you really care about is the 18-49 demo, reverse that, with Fox #1 and CBS #4.


The rundown in HH: CBS 5.6 rating/9 share, ABC 4.9/8, NBC 4.7/8, Fox 4.6/7, Univision 0.8/3, CW 1.1/2, Ion 0.7/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.4/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.

In 18-49: Fox 2.8/8, NBC 2.6/7, ABC 2.4/7, CBS 2.3/6, Univision 1.4/4, CW 0.8/2, Telemundo 0.5/1, TeleFutura 0.4/1, Ion 0.3/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.

Here are the week’s top 20 shows.

The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report

Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 11/30/09 – 12/6/09

Rank

Program

Network

HH Rating

HH Share

2+ Audience (000)

1

NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

NBC

12.5

19

20888

2

NCIS 9P SPECIAL(S)

CBS

9.3

15

14283

3

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

ABC

9.1

14

14861

4

OT, THE

FOX

8.4

14

13732

5

SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK

NBC

8.3

13

13653

6

HOUSE

FOX

8.0

12

13246

7

60 MINUTES

CBS

7.8

13

12046

8

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP(S)

ABC

7.5

13

12693

8

SURVIVOR: SAMOA

CBS

7.5

12

12822

10

BROTHERS & SISTERS

ABC

7.1

12

10806

10

MENTALIST, THE

CBS

7.1

12

10737

10

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS

7.1

11

11381

13

AMAZING RACE 15

CBS

7.0

11

12298

14

CSI

CBS

6.4

10

9896

14

CSI: MIAMI

CBS

6.4

11

9481

16

BIG BANG THEORY, THE

CBS

6.3

10

10091

16

BIGGEST LOSER 8

NBC

6.3

10

9988

16

PRIVATE PRACTICE

ABC

6.3

10

9211

19

BONES

FOX

6.2

10

9923

20

COLD CASE

CBS

6.1

9

9644

20

EXTREME MAKEOVER:HM ED-8P

ABC

6.1

9

10351

Source: The Nielsen Company