Twin football games leads Fox to ratings win
NEW YORK (AP) - Two weekday football games were enough to lift Fox to victory in the weekly ratings race.
The network's coverage of Tuesday's game between Dallas and Baltimore, and Thursday's New England-L.A. Rams matchup took up their entire prime-time schedules for the nights.
The Nielsen company said CBS' 'œ60 Minutes'ť was the most-watched non-football program for the week. The venerable drama 'œNCIS'ť was the most popular entertainment program.
Fox averaged 7.3 million viewers in prime time for the week. NBC was second with 5.2 million viewers, CBS had 4.6 million, ABC had 3.8 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.01 million and Ion Television had 960,000.
Fox News Channel led among the cable networks, averaging 2.69 million viewers in prime time. ESPN had 2.22 million, MSNBC had 2.09 million, CNN had 1.77 million and Hallmark had 1.6 million.
ABC's 'œWorld News Tonight'ť led the evening news ratings race with an average of 9.4 million viewers. NBC's 'œNightly News'ť had 7.9 million and the 'œCBS Evening News'ť had 5.7 million.
For the week of Dec. 7-13, the 20 most-watched programs, their networks and viewerships:
1. NFL Football: Pittsburgh at Buffalo, NBC, 17.05 million.
2. NFL Football: New England at L.A. Rams, Fox, 13.64 million.
3. NFL Football: Dallas at Baltimore, Fox, 13.54 million.
4. 'œNFL Pregame,'ť NBC, 13.03 million.
5. 'œThe OT,'ť Fox, 10.43 million.
6. 'œFootball Night in America,'ť NBC, 9.13 million.
7. 'œ60 Minutes,'ť CBS, 9.1 million.
8. 'œNFL Pregame," Fox, 9.07 million.
9. 'œNCIS,'ť CBS, 8.53 million.
10. NFL Football: Buffalo vs. San Francisco, ESPN, 7.76 million.
11. 'œThe Voice'ť (Monday), NBC, 6.95 million.
12. 'œFBI,'ť CBS, 6.71 million.
13. 'œThe Voice'ť (Tuesday), NBC, 6.64 million.
14. NFL Football: Buffalo vs. San Francisco, ABC, 6.41 million.
15. 'œBlue Bloods,'ť CBS, 6.38 million.
16. 'œNCIS: Los Angeles,'ť CBS, 6.04 million.
17. 'œGrey's Anatomy,'ť ABC, 5.69 million.
18. "Magnum, P.I., CBS, 5.685 million.
19. 'œStation 19,'ť ABC, 5.58 million.
20. 'œBob Hearts Abishola,'ť CBS, 5.28 million.