Football, reality competition conclusions dominate TV
ABC News
Television viewers were in the mood for competition last week
NEW YORK -- Football and other forms of televised competition — the season finales of some popular reality shows — dominated the Nielsen company's weekly list of the most popular shows on television.
Four separate NFL games were on Nielsen's list of the most popular programs in prime-time. As is typical, NBC's Sunday night game, most recently featuring New Orleans' surprise shutout of the Tampa Bay Bucs, topped the list.
NBC's “The Voice,” CBS' “Survivor” and Fox's “The Masked Singer” all crowned winners this past week and had fans tuning in. “The Voice,” with 7.3 million viewers for the first of two parts on Monday, had the highest numbers.
One television staple, ABC's showing of “The Sound of Music” movie, reached 3.3 million people on Sunday night, Nielsen said.
