Nielsen ratings for Oct. 2-8: Big week for football; 'Wonder Woman' still top movie rental

October 12, 2017 at 6:00AM
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Chris Pine, left, and Gal Gadot in a scene from, "Wonder Woman." (Clay Enos/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
Chris Pine and Gal Gadot in “Wonder Woman.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Here are the top 20 broadcast TV shows for the week of Oct. 2-8 (Monday to Sunday), based on the number of viewers, according to data released Tuesday by the Nielsen Co.

  • NFL Sunday Night Football (NBC)
  • NFL Thursday Night Football (CBS)
  • The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
  • NCIS (CBS)
  • The OT (Fox)
  • Sunday Night Football Pregame (NBC)
  • This is Us (NBC)
  • The Good Doctor (ABC)
  • Bull (CBS)
  • The Voice, Mon. (NBC)
  • 60 Minutes (CBS)
  • The Voice, Tue. (NBC)
  • NCIS: New Orleans (CBS)
  • Blue Bloods (CBS)
  • Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
  • Thursday Night Football Pregame (CBS)
  • Football Night in America, Part 3 (NBC)
  • Seal Team (CBS)
  • Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
  • Hawaii Five-O (CBS)

Movie rentals

'Wonder Woman' still No. 1

Here are Redbox's top 20 movie rentals in the Twin Cities for the previous seven days, according to data released Tuesday.

  • Wonder Woman
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  • Transformers: The Last Knight
  • 47 Meters Down
  • Cult of Chucky
  • Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
  • Rough Night
  • Lowriders
  • First Kill
  • The Big Sick
  • The Wizard of Lies
  • It Comes at Night
  • Megan Leavey
  • Baywatch
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
  • Hocus Pocus
  • Snatched
  • Going in Style
  • The Fate of the Furious
  • The Boss Baby

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