The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for September 13 - September 19. The first number is the ranking, the second number is the season average, then the show name and network. The last number represents the number of viewers in millions. An asterisk * indicates a tie.The move from Thursday to Wednesday appears to have given Survivor its best ratings in awhile, coming in #6.
| Rank | Show name | Network | Viewers in millions | Season-to-date average (in millions) |
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| 1. | Sunday Night Football: Giants at Colts | NBC | 23.1 | 19.4 |
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| 2. | America's Got Talent finale (Wed.) | NBC | 16.4 | 12.5 |
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| 3. | America's Got Talent (Tue.) | NBC | 14.6 | 12.1 |
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| 4. | 60 Minutes | CBS | 13.5 | 11.8 |
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| * | Football Night in America Pt. 3 | NBC | 13.5 | 10.2 |
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| 6. | Survivor (new time slot) | CBS | 12.2 | -- |
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| 7. | Outlaw (series premiere) | NBC | 10.7 | -- |
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| 8. | NCIS (repeat) | CBS | 10.4 | -- |
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| 9. | Undercover Boss (special, repeat) | CBS | 8.7 | 16.1 |
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| 10. | Big Bang Theory (special, repeat) | CBS | 8.4 | -- |
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| 11. | Big Bang Theory (special, repeat) | CBS | 8.4 | -- |
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| 12. | NCIS: Los Angeles (repeat) | CBS | 8.2 | 13.4 |
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| 13. | Big Bang Theory (special, repeat) | CBS | 8.1 | -- |
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| * | Undercover Boss (repeat) | CBS | 8.1 | 11.7 |
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| 15. | Big Brother | CBS | 7.9 | 7.7 |
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| 16. | Two and a Half Men (repeat) | CBS | 7.8 | 13.1 |
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| 17. | The Mentalist | CBS | 7.7 | 13.6 |
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| 18. | Parenthood | NBC | 7.6 | 8.1 |
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| 19. | College Football | ABC | 7.5 | 6.4 |
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| 20. | Wipeout | ABC | 7.5 | 7.4 |
