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

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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

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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

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