Giants get gigantic Nielsen rating

More than 57 million viewers tuned into Sunday's Giants-49ers game, making it the most-watched program for the week ending Sunday, according to Nielsen. Here are the top 10 prime-time programs, ranked by millions of viewers:

1. NFC CONFERENCE CHAMPION-

SHIP, Sunday, Fox, 57.6 million

2. AMERICAN IDOL, Wednesday,

Fox, 21.9

3. AMERICAN IDOL, Sunday, Fox,

19.7

4. AMERICAN IDOL, Thursday,

Fox, 18.0

5. THE BIG BANG THEORY, CBS,

15.8

6. PERSON OF INTEREST, CBS, 14.4

7. THE MENTALIST, CBS, 14.2

8. BETTY WHITE'S 90TH

BIRTHDAY, NBC, 13.9

9. NCIS, CBS, 13.2

10. TWO AND A HALF MEN,

CBS, 13.0