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Football, Dr. House and Agent Bauer helped the Fox network to a ratings win last week, according to Nielsen Media Research.
It was a largely routine week in prime time, with few specials and one series premiere, CBS' reality show "Armed & Famous" (which, in two editions, notched lukewarm rankings of 45th and 51st).
Fox claimed the top two slots with big football games. Its Bowl Championship Series faceoff between Ohio State and the University of Florida drew 28.8 million viewers, followed by the week's second- ranked broadcast, the divisional playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New Orleans Saints, seen by 27.4 million viewers.
Also in the top 10 were Fox's medical drama "House" (ranked fifth) and the two-hour season premiere of "24," with the exploits of agent Jack Bauer landing this thriller in ninth place.
For the week, Fox averaged 15.27 million viewers (9.1 household rating, 14 share). In second place, CBS averaged 12.84 million viewers (8.3 rating, 13 share). ABC had 8.74 million viewers (5.7 rating, 9 share) and NBC had 8.44 million viewers (5.5 rating, 9 share). The CW had 2.87 million viewers (1.9 rating, 3 share).
Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision averaged 3.89 million viewers (2.1 rating, 3 share), Telemundo had 840,000 (0.5 rating, 1 share), and TeleFutura had 620,000 (0.4 rating, 1 share).
NBC's "Nightly News" won the evening-news ratings race, averaging 9.8 million viewers (6.7 ratings, 12 share).
ABC's "World News" had 9.1 million viewers (6.3 ratings, 12 share), and the "CBS Evening News" had 7.4 million viewers (5.2 ratings, 9 share).
A ratings point represents 1,114,000 households, or 1% of the nation's estimated 111.4 million TV homes.
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