(starpulse.com) - Several Nielsen media tracking businesses just released a year-end look at the most popular media trends among Americans during 2006. This is the first time the Nielsen companies have
released a compilation of Top 10s for the Nielson brands. Following is a sambling of Nielson's results:
Top 10 TV Programs Regularly scheduled 2006
1 American Idol Tuesday FOX
2 American Idol Wednesday FOX
3 Dancing with The stars ABC
4 CSI CBS
5 Dancing W/Stars results ABC
6 NBC Sunday Night Football NBC
7 CSI: Miami CBS 10.3
8 Desperate Housewives ABS
9 House FOX
10 Deal or No Deal-Mon NBC
Without a trace CBS
Top 10 Box Office All theatrical 2006
1 Pirates of Caribbean $423,315,812
2 Cars $244, 082,982
3 X-Men: The last stand $234,362,462
4 The Da Vinci Code $217,536,138
5 Superman returns $200,081,192
6 Ice age: The Meltdown $195,330,621
7 Over the hedge $155,019,340
8 Happy feet $149,244,791
9 Talladega nights: The ballad $148,213,377
10 Casino Royale $137,501,384
Top 10 Albums 2006
1 High school musical soudtrack 3,480,000 units sold
2 Rascal flats me and my gang 3,060,000
3 Carrie underwood some hearts 2,460,000
4 Nickelback all the right reasons 2,310,000
5 James Blunt Back to Bedlan 2,060,000
6 Justin Timberlake Futurese/Love sounds 1,950,000
7 Dixie Chicks taking the Long way 1,770,000
8 Mary J. Blige Breakthrogh 1,750,000
9 Various Artists Now 21 1,640,000
10 Beyonce B'day 1,600,000
