The Lions-Saints Wildcard game on Saturday easily topped the weekly charts with adults 18-49 and total viewers in the broadcast week ending January 8. Modern Family was the top scripted show with adults 18-49 and NCIS was the week's top scripted show in total viewing.
Primetime Broadcast Adults 18-49 Viewers for the week ending January 8, 2012:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | 18-49 rating | 18-49 Viewers (000) |
| 1 | NBC NFL PLAYOFF GAME 2(S) | S | NBC | 11.3 | 14439 |
| 2 | NBC NFL PLAYOFF PRE-KICK2(S) | S | NBC | 9.0 | 11445 |
| 3 | Modern Family | ABC | 5.7 | 7268 | |
| 4 | 60 Minutes | CBS | 4.8 | 6096 | |
| 5 | Grey'S ANATOMY | ABC | 4.5 | 5789 | |
| 6 | Two and a Half Men | CBS | 4.5 | 5749 | |
| 7 | 2 Broke Girls | CBS | 4.4 | 5613 | |
| 8 | NCIS | CBS | 4.1 | 5266 | |
| 9 | How I Met Your Mother | CBS | 3.9 | 4999 | |
| 10 | MIKE & Molly | CBS | 3.8 | 4873 | |
| 11 | Once Upon A Time | ABC | 3.7 | 4679 | |
| 12 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 3.5 | 4460 | |
| 13 | Big Bang Theory, THE | R | CBS | 3.5 | 4444 |
| 14 | Happy Endings | ABC | 3.2 | 4049 | |
| 15 | Family Guy | FOX | 3.1 | 4001 | |
| 16 | MIDDLE, THE | ABC | 3.0 | 3891 | |
| 17 | Desperate Housewives | ABC | 3.0 | 3865 | |
| 18 | Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 2.9 | 3758 | |
| 19 | Suburgatory | ABC | 2.9 | 3708 | |
| 20 | WIPEOUT-THURS | P | ABC | 2.7 | 3477 |
| 21 | Private Practice | ABC | 2.7 | 3463 | |
| 22 | Good Wife, THE | CBS | 2.7 | 3431 | |
| 23 | UNFORGETTABLE | CBS | 2.6 | 3296 | |
| 24 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 2.6 | 3292 | |
| 25 | AT&T COTTON BOWL(S) | S | FOX | 2.5 | 3255 |
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Primetime Broadcast Total Viewership for the week:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | # Viewers (LIVE+SD) (000) | HH RATING (LIVE+SD) | HH SHARE (LIVE+SD) |
| 1 | NBC NFL PLAYOFF GAME 2(S) | S | NBC | 31780 | 18.2 | 30 |
| 2 | NBC NFL PLAYOFF PRE-KICK2(S) | S | NBC | 25475 | 14.8 | 26 |
| 3 | NCIS | CBS | 19814 | 11.9 | 18 | |
| 4 | 60 Minutes | CBS | 18072 | 10.9 | 16 | |
| 5 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 17078 | 10.5 | 16 | |
| 6 | Modern Family | ABC | 14027 | 8.4 | 13 | |
| 7 | Two and a Half Men | CBS | 13941 | 8.3 | 12 | |
| 8 | Grey'S ANATOMY | ABC | 12116 | 7.8 | 12 | |
| 9 | 2 Broke Girls | CBS | 12101 | 7.2 | 10 | |
| 10 | MIKE & Molly | CBS | 11902 | 7.2 | 11 | |
| 11 | Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 11896 | 7.3 | 12 | |
| 12 | UNFORGETTABLE | CBS | 11878 | 7.6 | 12 | |
| 13 | Big Bang Theory, THE | R | CBS | 11704 | 7.2 | 11 |
| 14 | Good Wife, THE | CBS | 11647 | 7.5 | 11 | |
| 15 | Blue Bloods | CBS | 11341 | 7.2 | 12 | |
| 16 | CSI: NY | CBS | 10563 | 6.6 | 11 | |
| 17 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 10459 | 6.7 | 12 | |
| 18 | Once Upon A Time | ABC | 10349 | 5.9 | 9 | |
| 19 | How I Met Your Mother | CBS | 10143 | 6.1 | 9 | |
| 20 | MIDDLE, THE | ABC | 9995 | 6.0 | 10 | |
| 21 | Mentalist, THE | R | CBS | 9115 | 5.7 | 9 |
| 22 | Desperate Housewives | ABC | 8837 | 5.7 | 8 | |
| 23 | Suburgatory | ABC | 8754 | 5.4 | 8 | |
| 24 | Person Of Interest | R | CBS | 8683 | 5.4 | 8 |
| 25 | Rules of Engagement | R | CBS | 8503 | 5.1 | 8 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. All numbers are live viewing plus same day DVR viewing.
