Nielsen ratings for 9/15

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September 14, 2011 at 8:02PM
The Packers-Saints NFL opener topped the weekly Nielsen ratings.
The Packers-Saints NFL opener topped the weekly Nielsen ratings. (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Here are the top 20 broadcast TV shows for the week of Sept. 5 (Monday to Sunday), based on the number of viewers, according to data released Tuesday by the Nielsen Co.:

1 NFL Opener: Saints vs. Packers (NBC)2 Sunday Night Football: Cowboys vs. Jets (NBC)

3 NFL Opener Pregame (NBC)

4 Sunday Night Football Pregame (NBC)

5 Football Night in America, Part 3 (NBC)

6 NFL Kickoff 2011 (NBC)

7 America's Got Talent, Wed. (NBC)

8 9/11: 10 Years Later (CBS)

9 America's Got Talent, Tue. (NBC)

10 NCIS (CBS)

11 NCIS: Los Angeles, 8 p.m. Tue. (CBS)

12 The OT (Fox)

13 60 Minutes (CBS)

14 Big Brother, Wed. (CBS)

15 NCIS: Los Angeles, 9 p.m. Tue. (CBS)

16 Big Brother, Thu. (CBS)

17 Dateline (NBC)

18 The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

19 Football Night in America, Part 2 (NBC)

20 Criminal Minds (CBS)

MOVIE RENTALS

'Everything' must go to No. 1Here are Redbox's top DVD rentals in the Twin Cities for the previous seven days, according to data released Tuesday:

1 Everything Must Go

2 Paul

3 Your Highness

4 Rio

5 Limitless

6 Madea's Big Happy Family

7 Assassination Games

8 Ironclad

9 The Adjustment Bureau

10 Priest

11 Soul Surfer

12 Blitz

13 Arthur

14 The Lincoln Lawyer

15 Source Code

16 Rango

17 Hall Pass

18 Unknown

19 Just Go With It

20 Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil

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