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Interesting bit of news from Nielsen's annual Top Ten list, just released this morning: "Dancing with the Stars" edged out "American Idol" as TV's most viewed unscripted show last season. "NCIS" remained TV's top draw overall.

It's not earth-shattering news by any means - "Idol," consistently TV's most watched for a decade, has been in an inexorable slide for years now, but "Idol" has usually been the superior in terms of numbers; in 2012, for example, "Idol's" Wednesday show edged out "DWTS" (15.1 million viewers to "DWTS's" 15.0 million.)

But...Nielsen's numbers show a drop for both hits - of about one million...

Here's the list and you';; be shocked, shocked to learn that football remains preeminent.

1 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NBC... 7.4 21,734,000

2 SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK NBC 5.3 ...15,708,000

3 THE OT FOX 5.0 14...,753,000

4 NCIS CBS 5.0 14...,692,000

5 DANCING WITH THE STARS ABC 4.7 ...13,862,000

6 NFL REGULAR SEASON L ESPN 4.6... 13,446,000

7 AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY FOX 4.6 ...13,384,000

8 BIG BANG THEORY, THE CBS 4.5... 13,217,000

9 AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY FOX 4.5 ...13,136,000

10 DANCING W/STARS RESULTS ABC 4.5... 12,890,000

Data from 12/31/2012 - 12/08/2013. Regularly scheduled English and Spanish-language programs on Broadcast and Cable. Primetime. Persons 2+ estimates include live and same-day timeshifted viewing. Excludes breakouts, specials, programs less than 5 minutes in duration and programs with less than 4 telecasts. Read as: NBC Sunday Night Football averaged 21.7 million viewers who watched live or via timeshifted viewing within the same day. Source: Nielsen.

Tags: dancing with the stars , nielsen , american idol

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