NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Football and other forms of televised competition 鈥� the season finales of some popular reality shows 鈥� dominated the Nielsen company's weekly list of the most popular shows on television.
Four separate NFL games were on Nielsen's list of the most popular programs in prime-time. As is typical, NBC's Sunday night game, most recently featuring New Orleans' surprise shutout of the Tampa Bay Bucs, topped the list.
NBC's 鈥淭he Voice,鈥� CBS' 鈥淪urvivor鈥� and Fox's 鈥淭he Masked Singer鈥� all crowned winners this past week and had fans tuning in. 鈥淭he Voice,鈥� with 7.3 million viewers for the first of two parts on Monday, had the highest numbers.
One television staple, ABC's showing of 鈥淭he Sound of Music鈥� movie, reached 3.3 million people on Sunday night, Nielsen said.
Fox won the week in prime time among broadcast networks, averaging 5.7 million viewers last week. NBC had 5.1 million, CBS had 3.8 million, ABC had 3.5 million, Univision had 1.3 million, Ion Television had 1 million and Telemundo had 910,000.
Fox News Channel won among the cable networks, averaging 2.2 million in prime time. ESPN had 1.89 million, Hallmark had 1.48 million, MSNBC had 1.3 million and Paramount had 1.07 million.
ABC's 鈥淲orld News Tonight鈥� won the evening news ratings race, averaging 8.2 million viewers. NBC's 鈥淣ightly News鈥� had 7.5 million and the 鈥淐BS Evening News鈥� had 5.1 million.
For the week of Dec. 13-19, the 20 most popular shows, their networks and viewerships:
1. NFL Football: New Orleans at Tampa Bay, NBC, 18.06 million.
2. NFL Football: Kansas City at L.A. Chargers, Fox, 17.86 million.
3. 鈥淣FL Pregame,鈥� NBC, 12.17 million.
4. 鈥淭he OT,鈥� Fox, 11.18 million.
5. 鈥淣FL Pregame,鈥� Fox, 9.26 million.
6. 鈥淔ootball Night in America, Part 3,鈥� NBC, 8.92 million.
7. 鈥淔BI,鈥� CBS, 8.31 million.
8. NFL Football: L.A. Rams at Arizona, ABC, 7.97 million.
9. 鈥�60 Minutes,鈥� CBS, 7.94 million.
10. NFL Football: L.A. Rams at Arizona, ESPN, 7.93 million.
11. 鈥淵ellowstone,鈥� Paramount, 7.74 million.
12. 鈥淭he Voice鈥� (Monday), NBC, 7.28 million.
13. NFL Football: New England at Indianapolis, NFL Network, 7.26 million.
14. 鈥淭he Voice鈥� (Tuesday), NBC, 6.98 million.
15. 鈥淔BI: Most Wanted,鈥� CBS, 6.86 million.
16. 鈥淪urvivor,鈥� CBS, 5.61 million.
17. 鈥淭he Masked Singer,鈥� Fox, 5.08 million.
18. 鈥�1883,鈥� Paramount, 4.98 million.
19. 鈥淣FL Pregame,鈥� ABC, 4.74 million.
20. 鈥淔ootball Night in America, Part 2,鈥� NBC, 4.73 million.
David Bauder, The Associated Press
