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NBC's 'Sunday Night Football' on track to be No. 1 TV show for 6th straight year

NBC Sports' "Sunday Night Football" is on track to become the No. 1 show in primetime for a record sixth season in a row.

With two game telecasts remaining in the 2016 season, NBC Sports says "Sunday Night Football" is poised to tie Fox's former "American Idol" as the only TV series to finish No. 1 six years in a row.

"SNF" would pass "All in the Family," The Cosby Show" and "Gunsmoke" as the only shows to rank No. 1 five years in a row since 1950.

The NBC/NFL Network's combined "Thursday Night Football," meanwhile, is expected to finish No.