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2013 TV ratings winners

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 07:40 PM PST

NCIS, Sunday Night Football and The Big Bang Theory most watched shows.

The CBS drama NCIS topped the latest list of the most-watched programmes on American broadcast TV once again this year.

Since the launch of its 11th season on Sept 24, NCIS has drawn an average 21.83 million viewers on CBS. The investigations of the charismatic and virtuous Leroy Jethro Gibbs attracted only slightly more viewers than NBC's Sunday Night Football, which was watched by 21.28 million Americans each week on average.

In third place, just as in 2012, The Big Bang Theory attracted 21.27 million fans on average. The NCIS franchise takes up another slot in the ranking in fourth place through its spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles, watched by 16.84 million TV viewers per week.

Entering the ranking in fifth position, The Blacklist is the only new series in the top ten. The drama starring James Spader as a criminal mastermind drew 16.57 million viewers, outperforming Person of Interest, whose third season was watched by 15.99 million viewers on average.

Reported by Tvline.com and Entertainment Weekly, among other sources, the ranking is based on TV ratings from Sept 23 to Dec 15. – AFP Relaxnews

'How I Met Your Mother' series finale date set

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 10:10 PM PST

Three months to go before the end.

HOW I Met Your Mother fans, prepare for the end. Or, at least, know when the end is coming.

The long-running CBS comedy will wrap up its nine-season run with a one-hour series finale on March 31 at 8pm, the network said on Dec 19.

The HIMYM finale will be immediately followed by the series premiere of Friends With Better Lives.

Friends With Better Lives, a comedy about a group of friends who are outwardly happy, but question whether their friends have it better, will move to its regular 8.30pm time slot on Monday, April 7.

The ongoing comedy 2 Broke Girls, currently in its third season, will move to the Mondays at 8pm timeslot starting April 14 to spearhead the network's Monday comedy block. – Reuters

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Jumaat, 20 Disember 2013