Nielsen ratings: Super Bowl has a super showing

Plus: "Drive" tops the list of local Redbox movie rentals

February 8, 2012 at 8:31PM
In this image released by Film District, Ryan Gosling is shown in a scene from "Drive."
Ryan Gosling is shown in a scene from "Drive." (Associated Press - Ap/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Here are the top 20 broadcast TV shows for the week of Jan. 30 (Monday to Sunday), based on the number of viewers, according to data released Tuesday by the Nielsen Co.:

1 Super Bowl XLVI (NBC)2 Super Bowl Postgame (NBC)

3 The Voice, Sun. (NBC)

4 American Idol, Wed. (Fox)

5 American Idol, Thu. (Fox)

6 The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

7 Person of Interest (CBS)

8 The Mentalist (CBS)

9 NCIS (CBS)

10 Blue Bloods (CBS)

11 NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)

12 Rob (CBS)

13 CSI: NY (CBS)

14 Two and a Half Men (CBS)

15 Grey's Anatomy (ABC)

16 Glee (Fox)

17 House (Fox)

18 Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials (CBS)

19 Mike & Molly (CBS)

20 Alcatraz (Fox)

MOVIE RENTALS

'Drive' gets behind the wheelHere are Redbox's top 20 DVD rentals in the Twin Cities for the previous seven days, according to data released Tuesday:

1 Drive

2 Contagion (DVD)

3 Real Steel

4 50/50

5 Moneyball

6 The Ides of March

7 Shark Night

8 Abduction

9 Paranormal Activity 3

10 Rise of the Planet of the Apes

11 The Double

12 Dolphin Tale

13 The Help

14 Final Destination 5

15 The Hangover, Part II

16 Mr. Popper's Penguins

17 Courageous

18 Texas Killing Fields

19 Cowboys & Aliens

20 Contagion (Blu-ray)

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