Top 25 broadcast shows (adults 18-49) Dec. 19-25 2016

Nielsen Ratings

Top 25 Prime Time Network Broadcast Shows

Ranked in Adults 18-49 (including ties)

Week of December 19th - 25th 2016

1 - Sunday Night Football  Broncos/Chiefs  (NBC) Sunday 831pm  6.4 rating   
2 - Thursday Night Football  Giants/Eagles  (NBC)  Thursday 827pm  5.1
3 - Football Night in America Part 3  (NBC)  Sunday 801pm  3.7
4 - Football Night in America Part 2  (NBC)  Sunday 730pm  2.0
5 - Thursday Night Football Pregame  (NBC)  Thursday 759pm  1.8
5 - America's Got Talent Holiday Spectacular  (NBC)  Monday 8pm  1.8
7 - UFC 206 Special Presentation  (FOX)  Saturday  8pm  1.6
7 - The Wall  (NBC)  Monday  10pm  1.6
9 - LIGA MX - Tigres/America  (UNI)  Sunday 730pm  1.4
10 - Oprah Winfrey Special  (CBS)  Monday 8pm  1.3
11 - A Charlie Brown Christmas  (ABC)  Thursday 8pm 1.2
11 - The Big Bang Theory  (CBS)  Thursday 8pm  1.2
11 - Scorpion  (CBS)  Monday  10pm  1.2
11 - 2 Broke Girls  (CBS)  Monday  10pm  1.2
15 - LIGA MX - America/Tigres  (UNI)  Thursday 10pm 1.1
15 - How The Grinch Stole Christmas (NBC) Friday 8pm  1.1
15 - Beauty and the Beast  (ABC)  Sunday  8pm 1.1
15 - Man With a Plan  (CBS)  Monday 9pm  1.1
15 - Undercover Boss  (CBS)  Wednesday  8pm  1.1
15 - The Great Christmas Light Fight  (ABC)  Monday 8pm  1.1
15 - NBA Christmas Postgame  (ABC)  Sunday  744pm  1.1
22 - Undercover Boss  (CBS)  Wednesday  9pm  1.0
22 - The Year :  2016  (ABC)  Tuesday  9pm  1.0
22 - It's A Wonderful Life  (NBC)  Saturday  8pm  1.0
22 - Shrek The Halls  (ABC)   Tuesday  830pm  1.0
22 - NCIS  (CBS)  Tuesday  8pm  1.0

Comic Strip of the Day (Lio)

Old Time Radio Show of the Week

Dragnet

"The Big Underground"

December 28th 1954

Paul Dereaux is the prime suspect in a series of burglaries and car thefts.

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (December 28th 2016)

1972 ABA MVP and ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

1972 ABA MVP and Rookie of the Year

ARTIS GILMORE

(Kentucky Colonels)

23.8 Points per Game
17.8 Rebounds per Game (led the ABA)
2.7 assists per game
5.0 blocks per game
3666 minutes played (led the ABA)
1070 defensive rebounds (led the ABA)
422 blocked shots (led the ABA)
.598 Field Goal % (led the ABA)
1491 total rebounds (led the ABA)

Led the Colonels to the ABA Finals

1971 NBA MVP

1971 NBA MVP

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

(Milwaukee Bucks)

Led the Milwaukee Bucks to the 1971 NBA World Championship

31.7 Points per Game

16.0  Rebounds per Game

3.3  Assists per Game

Led the NBA in total points with 2596

3rd in total rebounds with 1311

Accepting the MVP trophy 

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (December 22nd 2016)

Old Time Radio Show of the Week

The Whistler

December 19th 1943

"Death Demands a Payment"

A couple stops at a strange house during a storm and meets a strange old lady and her even stranger son.

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (December 20th 2016)

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week

December 18th 2016

The Sportsperson of the Year

Lebron James

Tonight Show Hashtags: #CrappyHolidays

Classic Movie Poster of the Week

The Right Stuff

1983

based on the 1979 book by Tom Wolfe and winner of 4 Academy Awards

TV Nielsen Ratings - Network Broadcast December 5-11 2016

The Top 25 Network Broadcast Shows 

Total Viewers

Week of December 5th - 11th 2016

1 - Sunday Night Football/Cowboys and Giants (NBC) Sunday 831pm  26.4 million
2 - Thursday Night Football/Raiders and Chiefs (NBC) Thursday  826pm  17.3
3 - NCIS  (CBS)  Tuesday 8pm  14.6
4 - Football Night in America/Part 3  (NBC)  Sunday 753pm  12.9
5 - The OT  (FOX)  Sunday 744pm  11.8
6 - Bull  (CBS)  Tuesday  9pm  11.6
7 - 60 Minutes  (CBS)  Sunday 7pm   11.1
8 - This Is Us  (NBC)  Tuesday 9pm  10.9
9 - Blue Bloods  (CBS)  Friday  10pm   10.17
10 - The Voice  (NBC)  Tuesday 8pm  10.16
11 - The Voice  (NBC)  Monday  8pm  10.0
12 - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)  Thursday  8pm  9.6
13 - Hawaii Five-O (CBS)  Friday 9pm  9.4
14 - NCIS : New Orleans  (CBS)  Tuesday 10pm  9.3
15 - Hairspray Live  (NBC)  Wednesday 8pm  9.0
16 - Survivor  (CBS)  Wednesday  8pm  8.4
17 - Thursday Night Football Pregame (NBC)  Thursday 759pm  8.0
18 - Madam Secretary  (CBS)  Sunday 9pm  7.8
19 - Chicago Fire  (NBC)  Tuesday  10pm   7.774
20 - Criminal Minds  (CBS)  Wednesday  9pm   7.770
21 - Mom  (CBS)  Thursday 901pm   7.47
22 - MacGyver  (CBS)  Friday 8pm  7.41
23 - The Great Indoors  (CBS)  Thursday 830pm  7.3
24 - Kevin Can Wait  (CBS)  Monday 8pm  7.1
25 - The Dick Van Dyke Show : Now in Living Color  (CBS)  Sunday 8pm  7.0

Magazine Cover of the Week

John Glenn

(1921-2016)

LIFE

February 2nd 1962

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (December 14th 2016)

Bruno Mars Carpool Karaoke

NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction (December 11th 2016)

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending December 11th 2016

10 - The Chemist - Stephanie Meyer
(3 weeks on list)

9  -  Odessa Sea - Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
(2 weeks on list)

8  -  The Wrong Side of Goodbye - Michael Connelly
(4 weeks on list)

7  -  Small Great Things - Jodi Picoult
(7 weeks on list)

6  -  Night School - Lee Child
(3 weeks on list)

5  -  No Man's Land - David Baldacci
(2 weeks on list)

4  -  Two By Two - Nicholas Sparks
(8 weeks on list)

3  -  Turbo Twenty-Three - Janet Evanovich
(2 weeks on list)  (last week at #1)

2  -  The Whistler - John Grisham
(5 weeks on list)

1  -  Cross The Line - James Patterson
(Debut)
Detective Alex Cross and his wife, Bree, team up to catch a killer causing chaos in Washington D.C.

Top 10 Most Powerful Orators in History

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (Sunday Edition)

My Favorite "Far Side" Cartoon

My all time favorite "Far Side" cartoon by Gary Larson, from 1980

Billboard Hot 100 - Top 50 Singles of 2016

Magazine Cover of the Week

Entertainment Weekly

December 16th-23rd 2016

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) December 4th 2016

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending December 4th 2016

10 - Catalyst - James Luceno 
(Debut)
This novel sets the stage for "Rogue One : A Star Wars Story", to be released this month.

9  -  The Wrong Side of Goodbye - Michael Connelly
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  The Mistletoe Secret - Richard Paul Evans
(Debut)
A man struggling with the aftermath of a divorce sets out to find the anonymous writer of a blog about loneliness, and discovers more than he expected.

7  -  Chaos - Patricia Cornwell 
(Debut)
In the 24th novel in the series, the forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta investigates a death that seems to have been (but was not) caused by lightning.  Is her old nemesis Carrie Grethen involved.

6  -  Two By Two - Nicholas Sparks
(7 weeks on list)

5  -  Odessa Sea - Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
(Debut)
Trying to locate an Ottoman shipwreck in the Black Sea, the NUMA director Dirk Pitt encounters more than he expected.

4  -  Night School - Lee Child
(2 weeks on list)

3  -  The Whistler - John Grisham 
(4 weeks on list)

2  -  No Man's Land - David Baldacci 
(Debut)
John Puller, a special agent with the Army, searches for the truth about his mother, who disappeared 30 years ago.

1  -  Turbo Twenty Three - Janet Evanovich
(Debut)
The bounty hunter Stephanie Plum juggles the investigation of a crime in an ice cream factory and the two men in her life.

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (December 7th 2016)

Top 10 Best Simpsons Couch Gags

Top 10 Best Superhero Movies of the 2010s

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (Sunday Edition)

Top 10 Best Lisa Simpson Storylines

Tonight Show Hashtags: #OfficePartyFail

The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon

Hashtags #officepartyfail

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week

December 5th 2016

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 11/27/2016

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending November 27th 2016

10 - Escape Clause - John Sandford
(4 weeks on list)

9  -  Vince Flynn : Order To Kill - Kyle Mills 
(5 weeks on list)

8  -  The Award - Danielle Steel 
(2 weeks on list)
A Frenchwoman who worked with the Resistance but was accused of collaboration finally has her name cleared.

7  -  This Was A Man - Jeffrey Archer 
(Debut)
The final installment of the Clifton Chronicles

6  -  Small Great Things - Jodi Picoult 
(5 weeks on list)

5  -  The Chemist - Stephanie Meyer 
(Debut) 
A specialist in chemically controlled torture, on the run from her former employers, takes one last job - pursuing a man with whom she joins forces.  

4  -  Two By Two - Nicholas Sparks 
(6 weeks on list)

3  -  The Wrong Side of Goodbye - Michael Connelly
(2 weeks on list)
The detective Harry Bosch helps a small police department track a serial rapist, while as a P.I. he aids a billionaire in search of a possible heir.

2  -  The Whistler - John Grisham
(3 weeks on list)

1  -  Night School - Lee Child
(Debut)
Jack Reacher, still in the Army, becomes involved in an investigation with elite agents from the F.B.I and C.I.A. 

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (November 28th 2016)

Old Time Radio Show of the Week

LUX Radio Theater 

November 23rd 1936

"The Story of Louis Pasteur"

starring Paul Muni 

The famous scientist fights overwhelming opposition to his germ theory of disease.

Top 10 Messed Up Things that Happened on 1980s TV

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (November 25th 2016)

Nielsen Prime Time Network Ratings (November 14-20th 2016)

Nielsen Prime Time Broadcast TV Ratings

 Total Viewers for the week of November 14-20 2016:

1 - Sunday Night Football (NBC) Sunday 832pm (Green Bay vs Washington)

2 - 60 Minutes (CBS) Sunday 746pm
3 - NCIS (CBS) Tuesday 8pm
4 - The Big Bang Theory (CBS) 8pm
5 - Thursday Night Football (NBC) Thursday 827pm
6 - Bull (CBS) Tuesday 9pm
7 - Dancing With the Stars (ABC) Monday 8pm
8 - Football Night in America Part 3 (NBC) Sunday 758pm
9 - NCIS : Los Angeles (CBS) Sunday 846pm
10 - Blue Bloods (CBS) Friday 10pm
11 - Hawaii Five-O (CBS) Friday 9pm
12 - The Voice (NBC) Monday 8pm
13 - The Voice (NBC) Tuesday 8pm
14 - This Is Us (NBC) Tuesday 9pm
15 - NCIS : New Orleans (CBS) Tuesday 10pm
16 - Madam Secretary (CBS) Sunday 946pm
17 - Survivor (CBS) Wednesday 8pm
18 - Empire (Fox) Wednesday 9pm
19 - American Music Awards (ABC) Sunday 8pm
20 - MacGyver (CBS) Friday 8pm
21 - Grey's Anatomy (ABC) Thursday 8pm
22 - Mom (CBS) Thursday 901pm
23 - Criminal Minds (CBS) Wednesday 9pm
24 - Modern Family (ABC) Wednesday 9pm
25 - The Great Indoors (CBS) Thursday 831pm

What's My Line? (Fred Allen's Debut)

What's My Line? 

August 15th 1954

Fred Allen's Debut

(Mystery Guest : Buffalo Bob Smith and Howdy Doody)

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (November 21st 2016)

Magazine Cover of the Week

Rolling Stone 

December 1st 2016

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (November 16th 2016)

NY Times Bestseller List (Non-Fiction) November 13th 2016

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non-Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending November 14th 2016

10 - Let Me Tell You about Jasper - Dana Perino
(Debut)
Reflections on dogs,especially her Vizsla, Jasper, and politics, by the co-host of Fox News's "The Five", a former press secretary to President George W. Bush.

9  -  Upstream - Mary Oliver 
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  Filthy Rich - James Patterson and John Connolly with Tim Malloy
(3 weeks on list)

7  -  Hamilton: The Revolution - Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
(28 weeks on list)

6  -  Not Dead Yet - Phil Collins
(Debut)
A memoir by the Genesis drummer/singer/songwriter.

5  -  Hillbilly Elegy - J.D. Vance
(14 weeks on list)

4  -  Shaken - Tim Tebow and A.J. Gregory 
(Debut)
The Heisman Trophy winner writes about overcoming obstacles.

3  -  Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
(5 weeks on list)

2  -  Killing The Rising Sun - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(7 weeks on list)

1  -  The Magnolia Story - Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino
(2 weeks on list) (2 weeks at #1)
The lives of the couple who star in the HGTV show "Fixer Upper"

NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction (November 13th 2016)

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending November 13th 2016

10 - Commonwealth - Ann Patchett
(7 weeks)

9  -  The Obisdian Chamber - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
(2 weeks on list)

8  -  The Blood Mirror - Brent Weeks
(Debut)
The fourth book in the fantasy Lightbringer series.

7  -  Sex, Lies and Serious Money - Stuart Woods
(Debut)
The New York lawyer Stone Barrington's client needs help spending the fortune he won in the lottery, as well as protection from scheming bad guys.

6  -  A Baxter Family Christmas - Karen Kingsbury
(Debut)
A story of love redemption featuring the Baxter family.

5  -  Vince Flynn : Order To Kill - Kyle Mills
(3 weeks on list)

4  -  Escape Clause - John Sandford
(2 weeks on list)

3  -  Small Great Things - Jodi Picoult
(3 weeks on list)

2  -  Two By Two - Nicholas Sparks
(4 weeks on list)

1  -  The Whistler - John Grisham
(Debut)
A whistleblower alerts a Florida investigator to judicial corruption involving the Mob and Indian casinos.

Classic Movie Poster of the Week

"Shoes of the Fisherman"

The movie based on the worldwide bestselling novel by Morris West opens in US theaters on November 14th 1968.

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (November 14th 2016)

Old Time Radio Show of the Week

The Jell-O Program starring Jack Benny

November 12th 1939

"Jack's Toothache"

Jack has a toothache, so he consults with Dr. Frank Nelson, a painless (?) dentist.  When Dr. Nelson gives him gas, Jack has a most unusual dream.  He dreams that he's become Carmichael the bear, and even Fred Allen haunts him.  (Fred is impersonated by Peter Lind Hayes)

Top 10 Bestsellers That Almost Didn't Get Published

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (November 11th 2016)

Tonight Show Hashtags

Top 10 Hilarious Movie Heroes

2016 World Series MVP

Ben Zobrist

Chicago Cubs 

(Left Field) 

.357 Batting Average  .419 On Base Percentage

5 runs scored

10 hits 

(including go ahead, RBI double in the 10th inning of Game 7)

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (November 8th 2016)

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) November 6th 2016

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending November 6th 2016

10 - Today Will Be Different - Maria Semple
(3 weeks on list)

9  -  Home - Harlan Coben 
(5 weeks on list)

8  -  The Woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware
(14 weeks on list)

7  -  Commonwealth - Ann Patchett
(6 weeks on list)

6  -  The Secret History of Twin Peaks - Mark Frost
(Debut)
An amplification of the world of the 1990-91 TV series "Twin Peaks" by the show's co-creator, in preparation for new episodes to be aired on Showtime in 2017.

5  -  Vince Flynn: Order To Kill - Kyle Mills
(2 weeks on list)
Flynn's character, the C.I.A. operative Mitch Rapp, uncovers a dangerous Russian plot.  

4  -  The Obsidian Chamber - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
(Debut)
While the F.B.I. agent Aloysius Pendergast is believed dead, his ward is kidnapped.

3  -  Small Great Things - Jodi Picoult
(2 weeks on list)  (#1 last week)
A medical crisis entangles a black nurse, a white supremacist father and a white lawyer.

2  -  Two By Two - Nicholas Sparks
(3 weeks on list) (1 week at #1)

1 - Escape Clause - John Sandford 
(Debut)
Virgil Flowers of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension must deal with the theft of tigers from the local zoo.

Magazine Cover of the Week

TV Guide 

November 2nd-8th

1974

The Cast of M*A*S*H

Classic Movie Poster of the Week

Some Kind of a Nut

1969

starring Dick Van Dyke

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (November 4th 2016)

Tonight Show Hashtags: #ThatHappened

The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon

Hashtags

November 3rd 2016

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week

November 14th 2016

Chicago Cubs win the World Series

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (Sunday Edition) October 30th 2016

Top 10 Best Treehouse of Horror Episodes

Old Time Radio Show of the Week

The Pepsodent Show starring Bob Hope

October 29th 1946

Originating from Boston, MA

guest Fred Allen and Allen's Alley

The gang does their version of Paul Revere's midnight ride.

Top 10 Most Shocking Walking Dead Deaths

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (October 26th 2016)

NYTimes Bestseller List (Fiction) October 23rd 2016

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending October 23rd 2016

10 - Winter Storms - Elin Hilderbrand
(Debut)
In the final book of the Winter Street trilogy, a huge snowstorm bearing down on Nantucket threatens the Quinn family's Christmas, after a year of significant events.

9  -  The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
(10 weeks on list)

8  -  The Woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware
(12 weeks on list)

7  -  Twelve Days of Christmas - Debbie Macomber
(Debut)
A woman starts a blog about her attempt to reach out to a grumpy neighbor at Christmas time, and finds herself falling for him.

6  - Today Will Be Different - Maria Semple
(Debut)
A calamitous day in the life of a cynical Seattle transplant from the author of "Where'd You Go, Bernadette".

5  -  Home - Harlan Coben
(3 weeks on list)

4  -  Woman of God - James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
(2 weeks on list) (last week at #1)
The story of a woman doctor who, after a life of service and suffering, becomes a Catholic priest.

3  -  Commonwealth - Ann Patchett
(4 weeks on list)

2  -  The Trespasser - Tana French
(Debut)
In the sixth Dublin Murder Squad novel, Detective Antoinette Conway confronts a case that is more complicated than it appears.

1  -  Two By Two - Nicholas Sparks
(Debut)
A man who became a single father when his marriage and business collapsed, learns to take a chance on a new love.

10 Photos Taken Right Before Tragedy

Top 10 Best Twilight Zone Episodes

Frightening, intense, mysterious and exciting all at once, The Twilight Zone is one of televisions best and most iconic anthology series. With so many great episodes to pick from, which Twilight Zone episodes are the best of all time? Episodes like "To Serve Man" and "Eye of the Beholder" are haunting and memorable, while "Living Doll" and "Hitch-Hiker" serve as some of the scariest moments in television.
Join WatchMojo as they count down our picks for the top 10 Twilight Zone Episodes.

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week

October 10th 2016

The Chicago Cubs World Series Champions?

(The SI Jinx?)

Calvin and Hobbes of the Day (October 22nd 2016)

Magazine Cover of the Week

Gong Wrestling Magazine

(Japan 1969)

Dick The Bruiser and The Crusher 

Classic Movie Poster of the Week

Rear Window

1954

Nominated for 4 Academy Awards and the BAFTA for Best Picture

Won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay