The usual suspects got some serious new comedy competition last week for TheWrap‘s Top 20 ratings report, as CBS sitcom premieres invaded the Nielsen sheets.
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At the top, however, were sports broadcasts. NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” game just barely edged Fox’s World Series Game 7, with its 6.7 rating in the advertiser-sought 18-49 demographic topping the Major League Baseball championship clincher’s 6.6.
Behind the third place “SNF” pregame show (5.0), was the Thursday time period premiere of “The Big Bang Theory,” which earned a 4.1.
NBC’s Monday “The Voice” (3.7) closed out the Top 5.
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Down the list, CBS sitcom “Mom” returned for its sophomore season with a 2.5, good enough to match NBC’s “The Blacklist” at No. 16. One-tenth of a point and a tie-breaking spot lower, other CBS comedy premieres “2 Broke Girls” and “Two and a Half Men” locked horns at No. 18, both pulling in a 2.4 rating.
To make the Top 20 this week, a show needed at least a 2.3. Last week the bottom line was one-tenth of a ratings point higher.
Here’s the full Top 20:
