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NFL games top-rated prime-time show of TV season

Published May. 24, 2012 7:28 p.m. ET

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A sports series is the most-watched prime-time show for an entire television season for the first time.

The NFL said Thursday that ''Sunday Night Football'' averaged the most viewers for the 2011-12 season. The games on NBC averaged 20.9 million viewers during the official TV season to beat out ''American Idol,'' which drew a smaller audience than last year.

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