January 20, 2006

Nielsen Media Research Top 10- Broadcast Primetime- Week of Jan 09 - Jan 15, 2006

The overall TV rankings we're pretty low last week. Must be the nice weather. Or maybe after sitting through "Dancing with the Stars", people just lost the will to live?

BROADCAST PRIMETIME- Week of Jan 09 - Jan 15, 2006

Rank* Program Network Household Rating** Total Viewers*** Compare
Prices

1 AFC Divisional Playoffs CBS 16.1 17,790,000 NFL Films-Super Bowl Collections I-XXX DVD

2 Desperate Housewives ABC 13.9 15,371,000 Season 1 DVD

Season 2 DVD

3 CSI: Miami CBS 13.0 14,322,000 Season 1 DVD
Season 2 DVD

4 Grey's Anatomy ABC 12.1 13,308,000 Season 1 DVD

5 Lost ABC 11.9 13,128,000 Season 1 DVD

6 CSI CBS 11.6 12,802,000 Season 1 DVD
Season 2 DVD
Season 3 DVD

7 Dancing With The Stars ABC 11.4 12,615,000 None

8 NCIS CBS 10.8 11,922,000 None

9 Two and a Half Men CBS 10.8 11,923,000 Two and a Half Men DVD

10 Criminal Minds CBS 10.3 11,297,000 None

*Rank is based on U.S. Household Rating % from Nielsen Media Research's National People Meter Sample

**A household Rating is the estimate of the size of a television audience relative to the total universe, expressed as a percentage.
As of September 20, 2004, there are an estimated 109.6 million television households in the U.S. A single national household ratings point represents 1%, or 1,096,000 households.

***Total viewers includes all persons over the age of two.

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