or


[12/28/06 - 02:44 PM]
14 and Counting
CBS spins the numbers for the week of December 18-24.

[via press release from CBS]

14 AND COUNTING

CBS Wins Week In Households And Viewers For 14th Consecutive Time

Eye Also Wins Adults 25-54 for 13th Time in 14 Weeks

Wins 18-49 For Second Consecutive Week

Has Seven of the Week�s Top Scripted Series

In a holiday week dominated by specials and rebroadcasts, CBS took the household and viewership crown for the 14th consecutive week of the season, while also scoring a victory in adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, according to Nielsen Live Plus same-day ratings for the week ending Dec. 24, week 14 of the 2006-2007 television season.

CBS had seven of the week's top 10 most watched programs, including CSI (#2), CSI: MIAMI (#4), CSI: NY (#5), NCIS (#6), 60 MINUTES (#7), TWO AND A HALF MEN (#8), RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER (#9) and SHARK (#10).

For the week in viewers, CBS (8.84m) beat NBC (7.33m), ABC (6.25m) and FOX (5.61m). Season-to-date, CBS (12.57m) is first in viewers, followed by ABC (10.80m), NBC (10.07m) and FOX (7.92m).

In key demographics, CBS was first in adults 25-54 (3.1/09) and adults 18-49 (2.5/08). Season-to-date, CBS is first in adults 25-54 and tied with ABC for first in adults 18-49.

And in households, CBS (5.7/10) had a +19% advantage over NBC (4.8/08), +39% over ABC (4.1/07) and +58% over FOX (3.6/06). Season-to-date, CBS is first, (8.0/13), outpacing ABC by +14% (7.0/11), NBC by +23% (6.5/11) and FOX by +57% (5.1/08).

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS:

? CSI: MIAMI (R) was first in households (8.2/14), viewers (12.15m), adults 25-54 (4.6/11) and adults 18-49 (3.8/10) -- topping the competition combined in households (vs. 6.5/11, +26%), viewers (vs. 9.11m, +33%), adults 25-54 (vs. 4.0/09, +15%) and adults 18-49 (vs. 3.6/09, +6%).

Tuesday, CBS was first in households (6.1/10), viewers (9.20m), tied for second in adults 25-54 (3.2/08, with NBC).

? NCIS (R) was first in households (7.0/11), viewers (10.92m) and adults 25-54. NCIS is the night's #1 program in households and viewers.

? THE UNIT (R) was second in viewers (8.61m), tied for second in both households (5.7/09, with NBC) and adults 25-54 (3.1/08, with NBC).

Wednesday, CBS was first in households (6.5/11), viewers (9.85m), adults 25-54 (3.7/10), adults 18-49 (3.0/09) and adults 18-34 (2.2/07).

? THE KING OF QUEENS was first in households (5.5/09), adult 25-54 (3.6/10), tied for first in adults 18-49 (2.8/09, with NBC), second in viewers (8.29m, -0.04m behind NBC) and adults 18-34 (2.1/07, -0.1 behind NBC).

? CRIMINAL MINDS (R) was first in households (6.7/11), viewers (10.25m), adults 25-54 (3.7/09) and tied for first in both adults 18-49 (2.9/08, with first run "Dateline" on NBC) and adults 18-34 (2.0/06, with both FOX and NBC).

? CSI: NY (R) was first in households (8.1/14), viewers (12.14m), adults 25-54 (4.4/12), adults 18-49 (3.8/11) and adults 18-34 (2.8/09). CSI: NY was the night's #1 program in households, viewers, adults 25-54, adults 18-49 and adults 18-34.

CBS was first Thursday in households (7.0/12), viewers (11.27m), adults 25-54 (4.2/11) and adults 18-49 (3.4/10). CBS won every half-hour in viewers, adults 25-54 and adults 18-49.

? RUDOLPH THE REDNOSED REINDEER (R) (S) (8:00-9:03 PM) won the 8:00-9:00PM time slot in viewers (10.58m), adults 25-54 (4.1/11), adults 18-49 (3.6/11), adults 18-34 (2.4/08), children 2-11 (6.0/19) and second in households (5.9/10). RUDOLPH THE REDNOSED REINDEER was the week's #1 program among children 2-11.

? CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (R) (9:03-10:03 PM) won the 9:00-10:00PM time period in households (8.4/14), viewers (12.95m), adults 25-54 (4.8/12) and adults 18-49 (3.8/11). CSI: is the night's #1 program in households, viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54.

? SHARK (R) (10:03-11:00PM) was first in households (7.1/12), viewers (10.26m), adults 25-54 (3.6/10) and adults 18-49 (2.7/08).

? CLOSE TO HOME (R) was first in households (5.0/09) and viewers (7.53m) at 9PM.

Sunday, CBS was first in households (6.4/14), viewers (10.29m), adults 25-54 (3.4/11) and adults 18-49 (2.9/11).

CBS had 45 minutes of NFL run over, posting a 12.9/31 with 21.89m viewers, 7.1/29 in adults 18-49 and 8.2/31 in adults 25-54. If ranked as a program this week, the run over would have been the top ranked program in these measures.

? 60 MINUTES 12/24 (R) (S) (7:45-8:45 PM) was first from 7:45-8:45 PM in households (6.8/16), viewers (10.86m), adults 25-54 (3.3/12) and adults 18-49 (2.7/11). 60 MINUTES 12/24 was the night's #1 program in households, viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54.

? COLD CASE SPECIAL 12/24 (R) (S) (8:45-9:45pm) was first from 8:45-9:45P M in households (4.5/10), viewers (7.10m), adults 25-54 (2.1/07) and adults 18-49 (1.8/06). COLD CASE SPECIAL 12/24 was the night's #2 program in households, viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 (tied with "NBC Sunday Movie of the Week 12/24"), behind 60 MINUTES SPECIAL.

? CBS SUNDAY MOVIE SPECIAL "A Very Married Christmas" (R) (S) (9:45-11:45pm) posted a 3.7/08 with 5.75m viewers, 1.8/06 in adults 25-54 and 1.4/05 and adults 18-49. From 9:45-11:00PM, CBS SUNDAY MOVIE SPECIAL was first in households, second in viewers, adults 25-54 and adults 18-49. For the night, CBS SUNDAY MOVIE SPECIAL was the night's #3 program in households and viewers, behind 60 MINUTES SPECIAL and COLD CASE SPECIAL.

CBS top programs of the week: #2 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (R) (an average of 12.95m viewers), #4 CSI: MIAMI (R) (12.15m), #5 CSI: NY (R) (12.14m), #6 NCIS (10.92m), #7 60 MINUTES 12/24 (R) (S) (10.86m), #8 TWO AND A HALF MEN (R) (10.70m), #9 RUDOLPH THE REDNOSED REINDEER (R) (S) (10.58m), #10 SHARK (R) (10.26m), #11 CRIMINAL MINDS (10.25m), #18 THE UNIT (R) (8.61m), #21 THE KING OF QUEENS (R) (8.29m), #24 CSI: NY TUESDAY SPECIAL (R) (S) (8.09m), #25 THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE (R) (8.05m) and #28 CLOSE TO HOME (R) (7.53m).





  [december 2006]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
     


· 60 MINUTES (CBS)
· CLOSE TO HOME (CBS)
· COLD CASE (CBS)
· CRIMINAL MINDS (CBS)
· CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (CBS)
· CSI: MIAMI (CBS)
· CSI: NEW YORK (CBS)
· DATELINE NBC (NBC)
· KING OF QUEENS, THE (CBS)
· NCIS (CBS)
· NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE, THE (CBS)
· SHARK (CBS)
· TWO AND A HALF MEN (CBS)
· UNIT, THE (CBS)
· VERY MARRIED CHRISTMAS, A (CBS)





most recent ratings | view all posts
[03/17/26 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10: Week of March 9 - "One Piece" Season 2 Sets Sail for No. 1 in This Week's Top 10
Proving that demand for prehistoric beasts will never go extinct, docuseries "The Dinosaurs" landed at No. 2 on the English TV list with 9.6 million views.

[03/13/26 - 03:05 PM]
Italy's Victory Over Mexico Delivers 2 Million Viewers Across FS1 and FOX Deportes
Said coverage marked the most-watched non-USA WBC Pool Play telecast ever.

[03/13/26 - 01:45 PM]
ABC News Is #1 in Total Viewers in Late Night, Friday Night and Sunday Morning
"20/20" saw week-to-week gains in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49.

[03/12/26 - 03:18 PM]
FOX Sports Scores All-Time High Team USA World Baseball Classic Viewership
3,171,000 viewers on average watched the four Team USA World Baseball Classic Pool play games across FOX, FS1 and FOX Deportes.

[03/12/26 - 03:01 PM]
CBS Midseason Premiere Week Tops Broadcast and Streaming Rankings in Live + 7-Day Multiplatform Viewership
The network scored three of the top four and 12 of the top 20 most-watched series among all broadcast and streaming competition.

[03/11/26 - 03:16 PM]
FOX Sports Sets All-Time World Baseball Classic Viewership Record with Mexico-USA
5,018,000 viewers watched on FOX and FOX Deportes as Team USA defeated Mexico 5-3 in World Baseball Classic pool play on Monday night.

[03/11/26 - 11:30 AM]
ESPN Delivers Most-Watched Women's College Basketball Regular Season Since 2008-09
ESPN networks were home to six of the top 10 women's college basketball regular season games across all networks this season and 29 of the top 30 on cable.

[03/10/26 - 03:04 PM]
FOX Sports Smashes World Baseball Classic Pool Play Viewership Records
Great Britain at USA drew 2.98 million viewers on Saturday, March 7.

[03/10/26 - 02:09 PM]
"R.J. Decker" Gets Down to Business with Over 11 Million Total Audience to Date for Series Debut
In fact, "R.J. Decker" was the most compatible telecast to air following "High Potential" to date, with 73% of the hit drama's live audience flowing through to the series debut.

[03/10/26 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10: Week of March 2 - "War Machine" Powers Up at No. 1 in This Week's Top 10
Plus: "Bridgerton" Season 4 claimed the No. 1 spot on the English TV list with 13.1 million views in its sixth week in the Top 10.

[03/09/26 - 04:44 PM]
"90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days" Delivers Its Highest Rated Episode in Nearly Four Years
TLC continued its Sunday momentum as the #1 cable network of the night, including news and sports, marking one of TLC's highest rated Sunday nights in in the last two years.

[03/09/26 - 04:35 PM]
Pilot for New NBC Comedy "The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins" Has Now Been Seen by Nearly 13 Million Viewers
Continuing off the momentum of the pilot, episode two is now the most-watched NBC comedy on Peacock this season.

[03/04/26 - 04:36 PM]
"American Idol" Leads Monday Night - Powering ABC to Another Victory in Both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49
The show's strong performance lifted ABC to a Monday night win across broadcast and cable in both Total Viewers (4.32 million) and Adults 18-49 (0.36 rating).

[03/04/26 - 09:29 AM]
ABC Continues Multiplatform Success With Midseason Lineup
Season to date, ABC continues to dominate the competitive cross-platform landscape among broadcast series based in viewing over seven days on ABC, Hulu, Disney+ and digital platforms.

[03/03/26 - 03:30 PM]
ABC's Beloved Comedy "Scrubs" Returns with Over 11 Million Total Audience to Date
On linear over three days, "Scrubs" was the top comedy telecast among Adults 18-49 (0.74 rating) on any network (excluding post-NFL telecasts) in over a year.