I got curious and looked it up, as of January 17th- top 25 watched broadcast shows (you have to add 000 to the last number for total viewers):
1 AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY P
FOX 11.8 15,534
2 AFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF-SA(S) S
CBS 11.0 14,473
3 AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY P
FOX 10.1 13,324
4 AFC DIV-PLF-POST-GAME-SU(S) S
CBS 8.7 11,451
5 BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS 5.7 7,508
6 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS(S) S
NBC 5.5 7,221
7 TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS 5.4 7,078
8 GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC 4.8 6,251
9 HOUSE
FOX 4.6 6,043
10 NCIS
CBS 4.3 5,703
11 PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC 4.2 5,561
12 60 MINUTES
CBS 4.0 5,250
13 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS 3.9 5,128
14 24 P
FOX 3.9 5,084
15 CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS 3.8 5,044
16 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
ABC 3.8 4,967
17 CSI: MIAMI
CBS 3.7 4,863
18 BACHELOR, THE
ABC 3.6 4,798
19 SIMPSONS SP-1/13 9:30P(S) SR
FOX 3.6 4,678
20 CSI: NY
CBS 3.5 4,647
21 MENTALIST, THE
CBS 3.4 4,479
22 CSI
CBS 3.3 4,359
23 BONES
FOX 3.3 4,342
24 MODERN FAMILY
ABC 3.3 4,319
25 BIGGEST LOSER 9
NBC 3.2 4,252
Looks like FOX and CBS are the big winners and if it wasn't for the Golden Globes which is only 1x per year, NBC would be sucking fumes. I didn't put in the cable chart, but Wrestling , NCIS, and SpongeBob are the top 5 (wrestling twice and NCIS twice).
Which led me here:
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/01/25...the-same/39985. Late night viewing is down 20% in general over the last 5 years.