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    Nielsen: CBS is big winner in ratings last week

    By FRAZIER MOORE | Associated Press – Tue, Jan 10, 2012

    NEW YORK (AP) — CBS buried its rivals in the ratings last week, logging 17 of the 25 most-watched shows.

    Runner-up NBC, as usual, could claim the week's top-rated show: Sunday night football. Its broadcast of the NFL playoff game between Detroit and New Orleans drew nearly 32 million viewers, according to Nielsen Co. figures released Tuesday. NBC's pre-game show ranked second for the week, with more than 25 million viewers.

    But CBS dominated in the rankings after that, scoring big with such hits as "NCIS," ''60 Minutes" and "Two and a Half Men." Overall for the week, CBS averaged 12.67 million viewers (7.7 rating, 12 share), far ahead of NBC, with 8.26 million viewers (5.0 rating, 8 share), Nielsen said.

    In third place, ABC had 7.27 million viewers (4.6 rating, 7 share), while Fox had 4.23 million (2.6 rating, 4 share), Ion Television had 1.01 million (0.7 rating, 1 share), and the CW had 1.38 million (0.9 rating, 1 share).

    Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision led with 3.60 million viewers (1.7 rating, 3 share), Telemundo had 1.31 million (0.7 rating, 1 share), TeleFutura had 550,000 (0.3 rating, 0 share), Estrella had 220,000 viewers (0.1 rating, 0 share) and Azteca had 200,000 (also 0.1 rating, 0 share).

    NBC's "Nightly News" was on top among the evening newscasts with an average of 8.9 million viewers (5.9 rating, 11 share). ABC's "World News" was second with 8.0 million viewers (5.2 rating, 9 share), and the "CBS Evening News" had 6.7 million viewers (4.5 rating, 8 share).

    A ratings point represents 1,147,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 114.7 million TV homes; the share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.

    For the week of Jan. 2-8, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: NFL Football: Detroit at New Orleans, NBC, 31.78 million; "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 25.48 million; "NCIS," CBS, 19.81 million; "60 Minutes," CBS, 18.97 million; "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 17.08 million; "Modern Family," ABC, 14.03 million; "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 13.94 million; "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 12.12 million; "2 Broke Girls," CBS, 12.10 million; "Mike & Molly," CBS, 11.90 million.

    ___

    ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co. CBS is owned by CBS Corp. CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp. Fox is a unit of News Corp. NBC and Telemundo are owned by Comcast Corp. ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks. TeleFutura is a division of Univision. Azteca America is a wholly owned subsidiary of TV Azteca S.A. de C.V.

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    Online:

    http://www.nielsen.com

     

    37 comments

    • KM
      KM  •  4 mths ago
      Bazinga!
      • danimal
        danimal 4 mths ago
        don't worry they'll be back with a new show next week.
      • Tom
        Tom 4 mths ago
        You stole my line..Bazinga!!!!!!!!!!!!
      • JP
        JP 4 mths ago
        Sheldon Cooper reigns supreme!
    • US Army Retired
      US Army Retired  •  Sikeston, Missouri  •  4 mths ago
      WOW they won with an average of 12.67 million viewers out of over 300 million viewers, I would not call that winning, maybe it's time to dump all the reality shows, and put something on worth watching, and maybe they might get at least an average of 24 million viewers US army retired 1961-1986, who by the way don't count when I watch something as I am in the old age group, that might be able to buy the crap that sponsors most of the crap on TV call entertainment.
    • Orly
      Orly  •  4 mths ago
      CBS is now a great channel for shows, it's funny new and really has some cute new shows to watch.
    • Victor
      Victor  •  4 mths ago
      Now if they could just air NEW episodes of Two and a Half Men and Big Bang, they're ratings might be even higher.
      • Orly
        Orly 4 mths ago
        think this week or next week they'll be new.
      • Victor
        Victor 4 mths ago
        Two and a Half Men - repeat. Big Bang is new (at least this week).
    • A Yahoo! User  •  4 mths ago
      CBS rules!!...all the others are just ''wanna bees''....if it weren't for sports, nbc would not make a grade...PERIOD!!
    • V
      V  •  4 mths ago
      Team Gibbs!
      • Orly
        Orly 4 mths ago
        yep I second that, team gibbs !!! how good is that show???
    • Steven
      Steven  •  4 mths ago
      Love watching TV. Really enjoy most of the CBS prime-time line up. I'd say CBS has the best shows overall. FOX also have some really good shows. NBC only has one or two shows that I would watch regularly. Also like the AMC Sunday night shows.
    • retired in florida
      retired in florida  •  4 mths ago
      where was this poll??????? in congress
    • GeeBee
      GeeBee  •  Tampa, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      CBS is the best by far, and at least they listen to the viewers! ABC cancels shows no matter what the viewers think! Every time we get interested in a show on ABC, they cancel it!
    • rose
      rose  •  Dover, Delaware  •  4 mths ago
      Football games have it all, and without it, where will they be? Oh, I watch CSI NY, then it's Bones. I watch what I want and refuse to let statistics dictate to me. Right now the tv is off and has been all day, since it's Monday, I just may turn it on for ABC news then turn it off again. I have a really good book to read tonight
    • boops
      boops  •  4 mths ago
      What's the frequency, Kenneth?
    • Blue
      Blue  •  4 mths ago
      Everyone knows that the Nielsen ratings don't count for much. It's very inaccurate. I can't figure out why they're still using it.
      • kevin
        kevin 4 mths ago
        maybe they sure use the "blue ratings" which would be more accurate
    • michael m
      michael m  •  Albuquerque, New Mexico  •  4 mths ago
      people are still watching Two and a half men - they said they killed off Charlie but all their jokes center around him.
    • jerry b
      jerry b  •  4 mths ago
      Gibbs rocks
    • thatdamndrummer
      thatdamndrummer  •  4 mths ago
      Bring back Community! Six seasons and a movie!
    • LUCIFERSMESSENGER'
      LUCIFERSMESSENGER'  •  4 mths ago
      NBC Nobody cares abot your network. Now do us all a favor and can Whitney...That would be a start. Or put football in it's place. That would be even better!!!!
    • DrewS
      DrewS  •  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  •  4 mths ago
      hawaii 5-0 rules. was skeptical at first episode since jack lord rarely shot a gun but gave it a second chance and am glad i did.2.5 men is a hard pill to swallow since allan is such a leach and show is still running on charlies emotion.
    • Witz
      Witz  •  Freeport, Illinois  •  4 mths ago
      What network is Snooki on?
    • Lisa B
      Lisa B  •  4 mths ago
      They always brag about 'the ratings'. They say that 5 million people watched a certain show. There are 370 million people in this country so 365 million DIDN'T watch. The ABC idiots don't care about ratings, they keep sucky shows on and cancel shows that are good. Plus, they give one person 3 different shows instead of grooming new faces
    • Werehere2012OblameasOut
      Werehere2012OblameasOut  •  Moon, Virginia  •  4 mths ago
      Did not watch any of the crap above. Why dont they reverse and tell people how many DID NOT watch their crap.
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