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Friday, September 01, 2006

CBS Still Summertime Sizzling But Emmy's Take Number 1


Top 10 Prime Time TV Shows Week Of August 21-27, 2006

Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. They are based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish. Nielsen estimates there are 277.93 million potential viewers in the U.S. ages 2 and older. Viewership is listed in millions.

Rank Program Network Viewers

1 Emmy Awards NBC 16.18
2 60 Minutes CBS 11.94
3 CSI CBS 11.58
4 CSI: Miami CBS 10.56
5 “The Curse of the Black Pearl” ABC 10.00
6 Without A Trace CBS 9.95
7 Law & Order:SVU NBC 9.60
8 Prison Break FOX 9.40
9 House-Tue 8P FOX 9.00
10 CSI: NY CBS 8.90

• Source: ABC-TV and Nielsen Media Research data as posted on AVSFORUM.com

Congress passed a law on February 1, 2006, setting a final deadline for the DTV transition of February 17, 2009. Most television stations will continue broadcasting both analog and digital programming until February 17, 2009, when all analog broadcasting will stop.." FCC http://www.dtv.gov/

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