Top sports programs of the week

Updated: September 28, 2009, 2:26 PM ET

Here are the most watched sports TV programs for the previous week, according to The Nielsen Co.:

Top Sports Telecasts from Sept. 14-20, 2009

Network Date Start time Program Viewers
NBCSept. 208:31 p.m.NFL Sunday Night Football: Giants-Cowboys24,817,460
CBSSept. 204:25 p.m.NFL Sunday: Various teams and times23,878,716
CBSSept. 207:31 p.m.NFL National Postgame: Various teams and times18,347,563
ESPNSept. 147 p.m.NFL Monday Night Football: Patriots-Bills14,001,072
FoxSept. 201:03 p.m.NFL: Various teams and times15,411,445
CBSSept. 201:03 p.m.NFL: Various teams and times13,964,733
ESPNSept. 1410:17 p.m.NFL Monday Night Football: Raiders-Chargers11,945,244
NBCSept. 207:55 p.m.Football Night in America Part 313,361,938
NBCSept. 207:30 p.m.Football Night in America Part 27,091,453
ABCSept. 198:06 p.m.College football: Texas Tech-Texas6,672,601

All times Eastern.

The rankings are based on Live + Same Day average audience estimates for all sports telecasts airing between Sept. 14-20, 2009, excluding those that were less than 15 minutes long. The rankings exclude professional wrestling telecasts and Ultimate Fighting (MMA) telecasts.

Copyrighted data of The Nielsen Co. Reprinted with permission. Unauthorized reproduction and use strictly prohibited.

Source: Nielsen Co.

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