List is this week's rating, along with the change from the average episode last year, and the average episode so far this year.
Show
Network
Date
Rat
18R
LYR%
LY18%
TYR%
TY18%
NFL Playoffs (Philadelphia vs. Minnesota) Overrun
FOX
Sun
14.2
9.3
NFL Playoffs (Indianapolis vs. San Diego)
NBC
Sat
8.5
Desperate Housewives
ABC
Sun
8.9
5.2
-22%
-26%
-12%
-11%
Rose Bowl Overrun
ABC
Thu
4.2
Sugar Bowl
FOX
Fri
4.0
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
ABC
Sun
6.4
3.8
-15%
-17%
-2%
4%
Brothers & Sisters
ABC
Sun
6.0
3.2
-25%
-28%
-13%
-12%
Superstars of Dance
NBC
Mon
6.2
3.0
Cold Case
CBS
Sun
7.9
2.9
3%
-3%
4%
5%
Orange Bowl
FOX
Thu
2.8
Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2009
ABC
Wed
2.8
The Unit
CBS
Sun
6.1
2.6
-12%
-13%
3%
4%
BCS Bowl Pre-Game
FOX
Fri
2.6
Saturday Night Live Sports Extra
NBC
Sun
3.3
2.3
20/20
ABC
Fri
4.6
2.2
-4%
16%
Deal Or No Deal (Thu)
NBC
Thu
2.2
60 Minutes
CBS
Sun
8.1
2.0
11%
5%
-11%
-27%
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown
ABC
Tue
3.6
2.0
Shrek 2
ABC
Wed
2.0
America's Funniest Home Videos
ABC
Sun
4.2
2.0
-9%
-19%
-10%
-7%
Million Dollar Password
CBS
Sun
6.8
1.9
15%
0%
10%
0%
Kennedy Center Honors
CBS
Tue
6.6
1.8
America's Most Wanted
FOX
Sat
3.6
1.8
-3%
-10%
4%
-3%
Deal Or No Deal (Mon)
NBC
Mon
4.6
1.7
-32%
-44%
-26%
-23%
Momma's Boys (Mon)
NBC
Mon
3.3
1.7
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
ABC
Mon
3.0
1.7
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
ABC
Tue
2.7
1.7
Greatest Holiday Moments
NBC
Mon
3.9
1.5
38%
50%
Deal Or No Deal (Fri)
NBC
Fri
4.5
1.4
-27%
-36%
22%
17%
Dateline NBC (FRI)
NBC
Fri
3.4
1.3
-8%
-10%
Lipstick Jungle
NBC
Fri
3.0
1.3
-29%
-48%
8%
-7%
BCS Bowl Pre-Game
FOX
Thu
1.3
Eli Stone
ABC
Tue
2.4
1.2
According to Jim
ABC
Tue
2.1
1.2
-32%
-17%
-36%
-33%
New Year's Eve With Carson Daly
FOX
Wed
1.2
Game Show In My Head
CBS
Sat
1.2
Knight Rider
NBC
Wed
2.8
1.1
-34%
-51%
Sleepless in Seattle
ABC
Sat
1.0
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown
ABC
Sat
0.8
How to Deal
CW
Wed
0.4
CW Sunday Night Movie
CW
Sun
0.9
0.3
6%
-19%
Jericho (rerun)
CW
Sun
0.5
0.3
-29%
0%
THIS WEEK IN TV - SPECIALS
Monday on FOX: The Tositos Fiesta Bowl, featuring Ohio State vs. Texas Wednesday on ABC: 20/20 Presents Vanished: Missing In Milwaukee, Patrick Swayze: The Truth (Barbara Walters Special) Wednesday on CBS: People's Choice Awards Friday on FOX: Bruce Almighty Saturday on FOX: NFC Divisional Playoff Game Sunday on NBC: The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards
TV shows start returning from Holiday break this week. For more information, let's go to the grid: WINTER SCHEDULE
7:00
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
MONDAY
ABC
The Bachelor (1/05) / Dancing With The Stars (3/09)
Samantha Who? (1/12)
True Beauty (1/05) / Castle (3/09)
CBS
The Big Bang Theory (1/12)
How I Met Your Mother (1/12)
Two and a Half Men (1/12)
Worst Week (1/12)
CSI: Miami (1/12)
CW
Gossip Girl (1/05)
One Tree Hill (1/05)
FOX
House (1/19)
24 (1/12)
NBC
Superstars of Dance (1/05) / Chuck & Heroes (2/02)
Momma's Boys / Medium (2/02)
TUESDAY
ABC
Homeland Security USA (1/06)
Scrubs (1/06) / Dancing With the Stars (3/17)
Primetime: What Would You Do? (1/06) / Cupid (3/24)
CBS
N.C.I.S. (1/06)
The Mentalist (1/06)
Without A Trace (1/06)
CW
90210 (1/06)
Privileged (1/06) / Reaper (3/17)
FOX
American Idol (1/13)
Fringe (1/20)
NBC
The Biggest Loser (1/06)
Law & Order: SVU (1/06)
WEDNESDAY
ABC
BLANK
Lost (1/21)
Life On Mars (1/28) / The Unusuals (4/08)
CBS
The New Adventures of Old Christine (1/14)
Gary Unmarried (1/14)
Criminal Minds (1/14)
CSI: New York (1/14)
CW
13 Fear Is Real (1/07)
90210 (reruns)
FOX
American Idol (1/14)
Lie To Me (1/21)
NBC
Knight Rider
Life (2/04)
Law & Order (1/07)
THURSDAY
ABC
Ugly Betty (1/08)
Grey's Anatomy (1/08)
Private Practice (1/08)
CBS
Survivor (2/12)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1/15)
Eleventh Hour (1/15) / Harper's Island (4/09)
CW
Smallville (1/15)
Supernatural (1/15)
FOX
Bones (1/15)
Kitchen Nightmares (1/15) / Hell's Kitchen (1/29)
NBC
My Name Is Earl (1/08)
Kath & Kim (1/08)
The Office (1/15)
30 Rock (1/08)
ER (1/08) / Kings (3/19)
FRIDAY
ABC
Wife Swap (1/09)
Supernanny (1/09)
20/20
CBS
Ghost Whisperer (1/09)
Flashpoint (1/09)
Numb3rs (1/09)
CW
Everybody Hates Chris (1/09)
The Game (1/09)
13 Fear Is Real (rerun)
FOX
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (1/16) / Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2/13)
Don't Forget The Lyrics! (1/16) / Dollhouse (2/13)