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With a weather-delayed bonus installment of Sunday Night Football on Tuesday, the Tuesday version came out on top with adults 18-49 and total viewers and the Sunday version was second. With adults 18-49 the games as well as other NFL pregame & post-game coverage took the top six spots.
Desperate Housewives was the top scripted show with adults 18-49, and though by a fairly wide margin, the finale of Univision's Soy Tu Dueña was impressively right behind it in the rankings. Desperate Housewives was also the top scripted show for the week with total viewers.
Primetime Broadcast Adults 18-49 viewing for the week ending January 2, 2011:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | 18-49 rating | 18-49 Viewers |
| 1 | NBC NFL TUESDAY SPECIAL(S) | S | NBC | 8.1 | 10596 |
| 2 | NBC Sunday Night Football | NBC | 6.9 | 9012 | |
| 3 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | NBC | 5.1 | 6767 | |
| 4 | NBC NFL TUESDAY PRE-KICK(S) | S | NBC | 4.5 | 5965 |
| 5 | OT, THE | FOX | 4.4 | 5839 | |
| 6 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 | NBC | 4.0 | 5260 | |
| 7 | DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES | ABC | 3.8 | 5034 | |
| 8 | SOY TU DUENA MON | UNI | 3.1 | 4016 | |
| 9 | Undercover Boss | CBS | 3.0 | 3946 | |
| 10 | NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN EVE '11(S) | S | ABC | 2.8 | 3635 |
| 11 | Simpsons ENCORE | R | FOX | 2.7 | 3571 |
| 12 | Extreme Makeover:HOME ED. | ABC | 2.7 | 3546 | |
| 13 | Family Guy ENCORE | R | FOX | 2.6 | 3479 |
| 14 | Two and a Half Men | R | CBS | 2.4 | 3200 |
| 15 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 2 | NBC | 2.3 | 3057 | |
| 16 | BROTHERS & SISTERS | ABC | 2.3 | 3048 | |
| 17 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | R | CBS | 2.3 | 2985 |
| 18 | CLEVELAND ENCORE | R | FOX | 2.2 | 2946 |
| 19 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 2.2 | 2934 | |
| 20 | Modern Family SP-12/29(S) | SR | ABC | 2.2 | 2832 |
| 21 | AMER FUNN HOME VIDEOS | ABC | 2.1 | 2744 | |
| 22 | 60 Minutes | CBS | 2.1 | 2727 | |
| 23 | MIKE & Molly | R | CBS | 2.1 | 2711 |
| 24 | Criminal Minds | R | CBS | 2.0 | 2667 |
| 25 | SOY TU DUENA GR NCH 12/27(S) | S | UNI | 2.0 | 2632 |
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Primetime Broadcast Network Total viewing (all ages) for the week ending January 2, 2011:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | # Viewers (LIVE+SD) (000) | HH RATING (LIVE+SD) | HH SHARE (LIVE+SD) |
| 1 | NBC NFL TUESDAY SPECIAL(S) | S | NBC | 23736 | 13.8 | 23 |
| 2 | NBC Sunday Night Football | NBC | 19357 | 11.3 | 18 | |
| 3 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | NBC | 15057 | 8.7 | 14 | |
| 4 | NBC NFL TUESDAY PRE-KICK(S) | S | NBC | 14509 | 8.7 | 15 |
| 5 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 12849 | 8.0 | 13 | |
| 6 | OT, THE | FOX | 12274 | 6.9 | 11 | |
| 7 | DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES | ABC | 12194 | 7.5 | 12 | |
| 8 | Undercover Boss | CBS | 11867 | 6.9 | 11 | |
| 9 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 | NBC | 11538 | 6.7 | 11 | |
| 10 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 10923 | 6.7 | 10 | |
| 11 | NCIS | R | CBS | 10638 | 6.5 | 11 |
| 12 | Mentalist, THE | R | CBS | 9970 | 6.2 | 11 |
| 13 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | R | CBS | 9745 | 6.1 | 10 |
| 14 | Extreme Makeover:HOME ED. | ABC | 9396 | 5.4 | 8 | |
| 15 | KENNEDY CENTER HONORS(S) | S | CBS | 9349 | 6.2 | 10 |
| 16 | Criminal Minds | R | CBS | 9265 | 5.6 | 10 |
| 17 | NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN EVE '11(S) | S | ABC | 9239 | 4.7 | 10 |
| 18 | CSI | R | CBS | 9178 | 5.7 | 10 |
| 19 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | R | CBS | 9021 | 5.5 | 10 |
| 20 | MIKE & Molly | R | CBS | 8215 | 5.2 | 8 |
| 21 | AMER FUNN HOME VIDEOS | ABC | 8158 | 4.5 | 7 | |
| 22 | BROTHERS & SISTERS | ABC | 7852 | 5.3 | 9 | |
| 23 | HAWAII FIVE-0 | R | CBS | 7827 | 4.8 | 8 |
| 24 | CSI: MIAMI SPECIAL(S) | SR | CBS | 7795 | 4.8 | 9 |
| 25 | SOY TU DUENA MON | UNI | 7328 | 3.2 | 5 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2011 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. All numbers are live viewing plus same day DVR viewing.
