As with overall viewership, Football dominated the 18-49 demo, taking the top three spots. While a new airing of CSI trumped a new episode of Grey's Anatomy in terms of overall viewership, Grey's had over 2.5 million more viewers in the 18-49 demo. More telling to me though is the gap between the #1 show on this list at over 17 million viewers, and the #20 show which doesn't even crack the 5 million mark.
Full 18-49 demographic top 20 shows by viewers for the week ending 1/13/08:
| RANK | PROGRAMS | ORIG | P18-49 rating (LIVE+SD) | # OF PERSONS 18-49 (LIVE+SD) (000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NY GIANTS vs. Dallas COWBOYS OVERRUN | FOX | 13.1 | 17129 |
| 2 | NFL PLAYOFF JAGUARS VS PATRIOTS | CBS | 11.5 | 15026 |
| 3 | BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP | FOX | 8.2 | 10783 |
| 4 | TERMINATOR: SRH CNR CHRON | FOX | 7.7 | 10047 |
| 5 | GREYS ANATOMY-THU 9PM | ABC | 7.1 | 9287 |
| 6 | EXTRM MAKEOVER:HM ED-1/13(S) | ABC | 5.6 | 7284 |
| 7 | Family Guy | FOX | 5.5 | 7223 |
| 8 | Law And Order:SVU | NBC | 5.1 | 6738 |
| 9 | CSI | CBS | 5.0 | 6510 |
| 10 | AMERICAN GLADIATORS | NBC | 4.8 | 6272 |
| 11 | Biggest Loser 5 | NBC | 4.3 | 5586 |
| 12 | American Dad | FOX | 4.2 | 5453 |
| 13 | BROTHERS & SISTERS | ABC | 4.2 | 5445 |
| 14 | Two and a Half Men (R ) | CBS | 3.8 | 5037 |
| 15 | Amazing Race 12 | CBS | 3.8 | 5033 |
| 16 | Extreme Makeover:HOME ED. | ABC | 3.8 | 5003 |
| 17 | Criminal Minds | CBS | 3.8 | 4986 |
| 18 | HOUSE | FOX | 3.6 | 4749 |
| 19 | Supernanny | ABC | 3.6 | 4745 |
| 20 | DEAL OR NO DEAL-WED | NBC | 3.6 | 4716 |
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