Nielsen ratings: NBC scores with NFL; 'Avengers' top movie rental

October 14, 2015 at 9:50PM
FILE - This file photo provided by Disney/Marvel shows Chris Evans as Captain America/Steve Rogers, in the new film, "Avengers: Age Of Ultron." With "Avengers: Age of Ultron" just having notched the second-biggest domestic opening weekend of all-time and a new "Star Wars" movie coming this winter, analysts expect Disney to post not only great movie studio results but a big uptick in consumer products revenue and profits this year. (Jay Maidment/Disney/Marvel via AP)
Chris Evans stars as Captain America in “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Here are the top 20 broadcast TV shows for the week of Oct. 5-11 (Monday to Sunday), based on the number of viewers, according to data released Tuesday by the Nielsen Co.

NFL: San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, Sun. (NBC)

NCIS (CBS)

60 Minutes (CBS)

NFL: Indianapolis at Houston, Thu. (CBS)

The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

NCIS: New Orleans (CBS)

Sunday Night NFL Pregame (NBC)

Empire (Fox)

Dancing With the Stars (ABC)

The Voice, Mon. (NBC)

Madam Secretary (CBS)

Blue Bloods (CBS)

Football Night in America Part III (NBC)

Scorpion (CBS)

Limitless (CBS)

Scandal (ABC)

The Good Wife (CBS)

Blindspot (NBC)

Hawaii Five-O (CBS)

Criminal Minds (CBS)

Movie rentals

'Avengers' fights way to top

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

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Insidious Chapter 3

Mad Max: Fury Road

Cinderella

Dark Places

The Age of Adaline

Air

Home

Hot Pursuit

Get Hard

Cop Car

Aloha

True Story

Unfriended

Insurgent

Tremors 5

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

The Longest Ride

Focus

Kingsman: The Secret Service

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