Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Jan. 3-10) as compiled by the Nielsen Co. They are based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish. Nielsen estimates there are 286 million potential viewers in the U.S. ages 2 and older. Viewership is listed in millions.
| 1 | NFL football: Philadelphia at Dallas | NBC | 32.12 |
| 2 | College football: Texas vs. Alabama | ABC | 30.78 |
| 3 | Football pregame | NBC | 26.98 |
| 4 | NFL postgame (Sun.) | FOX | 25.18 |
| 5 | NCIS | CBS | 21.37 |
| 6 | NCIS: Los Angeles | CBS | 18.07 |
| 7 | College football pregame (Thu.) | ABC | 17.28 |
| 8 | The Simpsons | FOX | 14.62 |
| 9 | Desperate Housewives | ABC | 14.02 |
| 10 | The Good Wife | CBS | 13.97 |
| 11 | College football: TCU vs. Boise St. | FOX | 13.82 |
| 12 | Two and a Half Men | CBS | 11.95 |
| 13 | The Biggest Loser | NBC | 11.74 |
| 14 | The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special | FOX | 11.43 |
| 15 | The Mentalist | CBS | 11.01 |
| 16 | College football: Georgia Tech vs. Iowa | FOX | 10.88 |
| 17 | The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 10.87 |
| 18 | People’s Choice Awards | CBS | 10.81 |
| 19 | Law & Order: SVU | NBC | 10.58 |
| 20 | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (8 p.m.) | ABC | 10.55 |
| 21 | Brothers & Sisters | ABC | 10.45 |
| 22 | Cold Case | CBS | 10.38 |
| 23 | CSI | CBS | 10.33 |
| 24 | Modern Family | ABC | 10.22 |
| 25 | 60 Minutes | CBS | 10.03 |
| 26 | CSI: Miami | CBS | 10.01 |
| 27 | The Bachelor | ABC | 9.54 |
| 28 | Criminal Minds (Sun.) | CBS | 9.44 |
| 29 | CSI (8 p.m.) | CBS | 9.25 |
| 30 | Numb3rs | CBS | 9.24 |
| 31 | Dateline (Fri.) | NBC | 8.97 |
| 32 | Ghost Whisperer | CBS | 8.94 |
| 33 | Medium | CBS | 8.87 |
| 34 | I Get That a Lot | CBS | 8.30 |
| 35 | The Cleveland Show (9:30 p.m.) | FOX | 8.14 |
| 36 | The Middle | ABC | 8.07 |
| 37 | Cougar Town | ABC | 7.88 |
| 38 | 20/20 (Fri.) | ABC | 7.81 |
| 39 | Chuck (Sun.) | NBC | 7.45 |
| 40 | The Middle (Wed.) | ABC | 7.37 |
| 41 | Mercy | NBC | 7.10 |
| 42 | NCIS: Los Angeles (Sun.) | CBS | 6.94 |
| 43 | How I Met Your Mother | CBS | 6.87 |
| 44 | America’s Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 6.86 |
| 45 | Accidentally on Purpose | CBS | 6.61 |
| 46 | Conveyor Belt of Love (Mon.) | ABC | 6.34 |
| 47 | Jay Leno Show (Tue.) | NBC | 6.29 |
| 48 | Dateline (Sun., 7 p.m.) | NBC | 6.26 |
| 49 | Bones | FOX | 5.98 |
| 50 | Jay Leno Show (Fri.) | NBC | 5.62 |
| 51 | Cops 2 | FOX | 5.52 |
| 52 | 48 Hours Mystery | CBS | 5.34 |
| 53 | Sortilegio (Tue.) | UNI | 5.28 |
| 54 | Sortilegio (Wed.) | UNI | 5.14 |
| 55 | Jay Leno Show (Wed.) | NBC | 5.11 |
| 56 | America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back | FOX | 5.08 |
| 57 | Sortilegio (Mon.) | UNI | 5.03 |
| 58 | Ugly Betty | ABC | 5.02 |
| 59 | Bones (Fri., 8 p.m.) | FOX | 4.97 |
| 60 | Heroes | NBC | 4.92 |
| 61 | Sortilegio (Thu.) | UNI | 4.90 |
| 62 | Jay Leno Show (Mon.) | NBC | 4.76 |
| 63 | Cops | FOX | 4.70 |
| 64 | Sortilegio (Fri.) | UNI | 4.66 |
| 65 | En Nombre del Amor (Thu.) | UNI | 4.61 |
| 66 | Jay Leno Show (Thu.) | NBC | 4.59 |
| 67 | Community | NBC | 4.49 |
| 68 | En Nombre del Amor (Wed.) | UNI | 4.45 |
| 69 | En Nombre del Amor (Fri.) | UNI | 4.39 |
| 70 | The Forgotten | ABC | 4.38 |
| 71 | En Nombre del Amor (Mon.) | UNI | 4.29 |
| 72 | En Nombre del Amor (Tue.) | UNI | 4.18 |
| 73 | Supernanny | ABC | 4.17 |
| 74 | Shark Tank | ABC | 3.94 |
| 75 | The Office | NBC | 3.92 |
| 76 | Scrubs (Tue., 8 p.m.) | ABC | 3.81 |
| 77 | 30 Rock | NBC | 3.75 |
| 78 | Un Gancho al Corazón (Wed.) | UNI | 3.49 |
| 79 | Un Gancho al Corazón (Thu.) | UNI | 3.48 |
| 80 | Castle (Sat., 10 p.m.) | ABC | 3.43 |
| 81 | Glee (Wed., 8 p.m.) | FOX | 3.37 |
| 82 | Glee | FOX | 3.34 |
| 83 | Un Gancho al Corazón (Fri.) | UNI | 3.29 |
| 84 | Don Francisco Presenta | UNI | 3.25 |
| 85 | Un Gancho al Corazón (Mon.) | UNI | 3.21 |
| 86 | Parks and Recreation | NBC | 3.18 |
| | Un Gancho al Corazón (Tue.) | UNI | 3.18 |
| 88 | Fringe | FOX | 3.05 |
| | Scrubs | ABC | 3.05 |
| 90 | Better Off Ted (Tue., 8:30 p.m.) | ABC | 2.97 |
| 91 | Cristina (Mon.) | UNI | 2.89 |
| 92 | Rosa de Guadalupe (Thu.) | UNI | 2.86 |
| 93 | Crimetime Saturday | CBS | 2.81 |
| | Crimetime Saturday (8 p.m.) | CBS | 2.81 |
| 95 | Aqui y Ahora (Tue.) | UNI | 2.80 |
| 96 | Sabado Gigante | UNI | 2.79 |
| 97 | Rosa de Guadalupe (Fri.) | UNI | 2.77 |
| 98 | Cine (Sun., 8 p.m.) | UNI | 2.70 |
| 99 | Better Off Ted | ABC | 2.60 |
| 100 | Dollhouse | FOX | 2.37 |
| 101 | The Bachelor (Sat.) | ABC | 2.29 |
| 102 | Familia P. Luche | UNI | 1.93 |
| 103 | Hora Pico (Sun.) | UNI | 1.85 |
| 104 | Quien Tiene Razon? (Sun.) | UNI | 1.82 |
| 105 | Vampire Diaries | CW | 1.74 |
| 106 | Supernatural | CW | 1.54 |
| 107 | Smallville | CW | 1.51 |
| 108 | Smallville (Fri.) | CW | 1.49 |
| 109 | One Tree Hill (Mon.) | CW | 1.21 |
| 110 | 90210 | CW | 0.90 |
| 111 | One Tree Hill (Wed.) | CW | 0.81 |
| Network averages |
| Here is the number of viewers (in millions) that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season. |
| Network | Last week | Season to date |
| NBC | 10.34 | 7.84 |
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| Fox | 10.07 | 8.81 |
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| CBS | 9.86 | 11.5 |
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| ABC | 9.61 | 9.16 |
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| UNI | 3.6 | 3.49 |
