Football continued to dominate the national ratings last week as NBC's Sunday Night Football coverage of the New York Giants-Philadelphia Eagles contest easily grabbed the top spot on the Nielsen list with 20.88 million viewers. CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation returned as the top-rated entertainment program with 16.43 million viewers, just edging out CBS's The Mentalist with 16.37 million and the network's 60 Minutes with 16.24 million. A repeat of CBS' NCIS rounded out the top five with 15.09 million viewers. Neither Fox nor ABC managed to place a single show in the top ten. Aside from football, NBC landed the season finale of The Biggest Loser in 10th place but no other show in the top 20, except for a Friday Dateline episode titled "The Secret Life of Tiger Woods." For the week, CBS handily beat the competition with an average 6.6 rating and an 11 share. NBC placed second with a 5.5/9. ABC came in third with a 4.2/7, while Fox ran well behind with an average 3.8/6.

The top ten shows of the week according to Nielsen Research:

1. Sunday Night Football, NBC, 12.7/21; 2. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 10/16; 3. The Mentalist, CBS, 10.3/18; 4. 60 Minutes, CBS, 10.2/16; 5. NCIS, CBS, 9.5/15; 6. Sunday Night NFL Pre-kickoff, NBC, 9.1/15; 7. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 8.8/13; 8. Criminal Minds, CBS, 8.9/14; 9. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 8.4/13; 10. Biggest Loser 8, NBC, 8.1/13.