Nielsen Ranks Most Popular, Taped Shows on TV
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With the year winding down, you can be assured of two things: Christmas music up the wazoo, and top 10 lists of everything imaginable.
The folks at Nielsen have come through with a few lists of their own, starting with the most-watched shows on television this year:
- American Idol Tuesday
- American Idol Wednesday
- Dancing with the Stars
- Dancing with the Stars results
- The Mentalist
- NBC Sunday Night Football
- CSI
- NCIS
- 60 Minutes
- Survivor: Gabon
Here's a look at the top 10 taped shows of the year, with the percentage increase in viewership they received from DVR and/or TiVO:
- Heroes: 35 percent
- Fringe: 26 percent
- Lost: 25 percent
- Bones: 21 percent
- Grey's Anatomy: 20 percent
- House: 18 percent
- Survivor: Gabon: 18 percent
- American Idol Tuesdays: 13 percent
- The Mentalist: 13 percent
- American Idol Wednesdays: 12 percent
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