Pelley Muscles ’60 Minutes’ Into The Top 10

The Nielsen company said that the network’s “60 Minutes” finished among the 10 most popular programs last week. The newsmagazine featured Pelley interviewing actor Hugh Jackman as they both worked out together. The newsman showed a ripped physique usually kept hidden under conservative suits when he anchors the “CBS Evening News.”

The week’s most popular show, as it is most weeks in the fall, was NBC’s Sunday night football telecast.

CBS’s attempt to expand its popular Grammy Awards telecast with a primetime telecast attached to the awards’ nominations failed to soar in the ratings.

The Top 20

Primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Dec. 3-9. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

1. Sunday Night Football: Detroit at Green Bay, NBC, 21.36 million.

2. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 16.95 million.

3. “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 16.44 million.

4. “Person of Interest,” CBS, 14.18 million.

5. “Two and a Half Men,” CBS, 13.5 million.

6. “Football Night in America,” NBC, 12.12 million.

7. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 12.11 million.

8. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 11.87 million.

9. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 11.52 million.

10. “The OT,” Fox, 11.45 million.

11. “Criminal Minds,” CBS, 11.33 million.

12. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 11.17 million.

13. “NCIS” (Tuesday, 9 p.m.), CBS, 11.06 million.

14. “Survivor: Philippines,” CBS, 10.64 million.

15. “Elementary,” CBS, 10.31 million.

16. “Mike & Molly,” CBS, 10.23 million.

17. “2 Broke Girls,” CBS, 10.17 million.

18. “Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer,” CBS, 10.11 million.

19. “CSI: NY,” CBS, 9.95 million.

20. “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show,” CBS, 9.48 million.