Sunday night NFL tilt leads in week's television ratings
NBC had an attractive Sunday night football matchup between NFC East contenders Dallas and Philadelphia this week, and were rewarded in the television ratings
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Your support makes all the difference.Here are the 20 most popular shows on prime-time television for the week of Oct. 10-16, their networks and viewerships:
1. NFL Football: Dallas at Philadelphia, NBC, 20.79 million.
2. “NFL Pregame” (Sunday), NBC, 15.81 million.
3. NFL Football: Las Vegas at Kansas City, ESPN, 15.79 million.
4. “Football Night in America, Part 3,” NBC, 11.34 million.
5. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 10.72 million.
6. “FBI,” CBS, 7.41 million.
7. “The Equalizer,” CBS, 7.32 million.
8. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 7.25 million.
9. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 7.16 million.
10. “NFL Pregame” (Monday), ESPN, 7.02 million.
11. “NCIS,” CBS, 6.6 million.
12. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 6.58 million.
13. “Ghosts,” CBS, 6.54 million.
14. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 6.48 million.
15. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 6.33 million.
16. “FBI: International,” CBS, 6.15 million.
17. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 6.06 million.
18. “Fire Country,” CBS, 5.8 million.
19. “Chicago PD,” NBC, 5.65 million.
20. “NFL Postgame” (Monday), ESPN, 5.52 million.