NFL Football's Sunday Night Football (plus Thursday!) returned with it's usual vengeance, and with two games in broadcast primetime in a single week took all the top rankings for both adults 18-49 ratings and total viewers.
CBS's 9/11: 10 Years Later special was the most highly rated show after all the football, topping both airings of America's Got Talent for adults 18-49.
Primetime Broadcast Adults 18-49 Viewers for the week ending September 11, 2011:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | 18-49 rating | 18-49 Viewers (000) |
| 1 | NBC NFL THURSDAY SPECIAL(S) | S | NBC | 10.9 | 13,915 |
| 2 | NBC Sunday Night Football | P | NBC | 10.7 | 13,687 |
| 3 | NBC NFL THURSDAY PRE-KICK(S) | S | NBC | 8.5 | 10,860 |
| 4 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | P | NBC | 8.1 | 10,304 |
| 5 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 | P | NBC | 6.1 | 7,770 |
| 6 | NFL KICKOFF 2011- 8P(S) | S | NBC | 5.1 | 6,471 |
| 7 | OT, THE | P | FOX | 3.7 | 4,705 |
| 8 | 9/11: 10 YEARS LATER(S) | S | CBS | 3.6 | 4,600 |
| 9 | AMERICA'S GOT TALENT-TUE | NBC | 3.1 | 3,931 | |
| 10 | AMERICA'S GOT TALENT-WED | NBC | 3.0 | 3,850 | |
| 11 | Big Brother 13-WED | CBS | 2.9 | 3,651 | |
| 12 | HELL'S KITCHEN-MON 9P | FOX | 2.7 | 3,457 | |
| 13 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 2 | P | NBC | 2.6 | 3,357 |
| 14 | PEQUENOS GIGANTES GF 9/5(S) | S | UNI | 2.6 | 3,308 |
| 15 | Simpsons | R | FOX | 2.4 | 3,108 |
| 16 | Big Brother 13-THU | CBS | 2.4 | 3,094 | |
| 17 | FUERZA DEL DESTINO TUE | UNI | 2.1 | 2,724 | |
| 18 | FUERZA DEL DESTINO THU | UNI | 2.1 | 2,715 | |
| 19 | FUERZA DEL DESTINO WED | UNI | 2.0 | 2,528 | |
| 20 | Modern Family | R | ABC | 2.0 | 2,525 |
| 21 | WIPEOUT-TUES | R | ABC | 2.0 | 2,500 |
| 22 | Family Guy | R | FOX | 1.9 | 2,454 |
| 23 | FUERZA DEL DESTINO FRI | UNI | 1.9 | 2,445 | |
| 24 | TERESA THU | UNI | 1.9 | 2,432 | |
| 25 | BACHELOR PAD SP-9/5(S) | S | ABC | 1.9 | 2,371 |
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Primetime Broadcast Total Viewers for the week ending September 11, 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 THURSDAY SPECIAL(S) | S | NBC | 27,169 | 16.0 | 26 |
| 2 | NBC Sunday Night Football | P | NBC | 25,766 | 15.3 | 25 |
| 3 | NBC NFL THURSDAY PRE-KICK(S) | S | NBC | 23,241 | 13.6 | 23 |
| 4 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | P | NBC | 20,275 | 12.1 | 20 |
| 5 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 | P | NBC | 14,919 | 9.0 | 15 |
| 6 | NFL KICKOFF 2011- 8P(S) | S | NBC | 14,654 | 8.8 | 16 |
| 7 | AMERICA'S GOT TALENT-WED | NBC | 12,356 | 7.2 | 11 | |
| 8 | 9/11: 10 YEARS LATER(S) | S | CBS | 12,339 | 7.5 | 11 |
| 9 | AMERICA'S GOT TALENT-TUE | NBC | 11,849 | 7.1 | 11 | |
| 10 | NCIS | R | CBS | 9,505 | 6.2 | 10 |
| 11 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | R | CBS | 8,993 | 5.8 | 9 |
| 12 | OT, THE | P | FOX | 8,597 | 5.0 | 8 |
| 13 | 60 Minutes | CBS | 8,132 | 5.4 | 9 | |
| 14 | Big Brother 13-WED | CBS | 7,786 | 4.8 | 8 | |
| 15 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES 10P-SP(S) | SR | CBS | 7,033 | 4.5 | 8 |
| 16 | Big Brother 13-THU | CBS | 6,649 | 4.1 | 6 | |
| 17 | Dateline FRI | NBC | 6,519 | 4.3 | 8 | |
| 18 | Big Bang Theory, THE | R | CBS | 6,422 | 4.3 | 7 |
| 19 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 2 | P | NBC | 6,375 | 4.0 | 7 |
| 20 | Criminal Minds | R | CBS | 6,298 | 4.1 | 6 |
| 21 | PEQUENOS GIGANTES GF 9/5(S) | S | UNI | 6,219 | 2.9 | 5 |
| 22 | NASCAR SERIES AT RICHMOND(S) | S | ABC | 6,167 | 3.7 | 7 |
| 23 | Law And Order:SVU | R | NBC | 6,129 | 4.1 | 7 |
| 24 | WIPEOUT-TUES | R | ABC | 6,011 | 3.6 | 6 |
| 25 | BACHELOR PAD SP-9/5(S) | S | ABC | 5,931 | 4.0 | 6 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2011 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. All numbers are live viewing plus same day DVR viewing.
