Note: Any prior rating results are based on the final nationals. Also, since the level of DVR penetration has increased from 9 percent in early 2006-07 to approximately 20 percent at present, the overall results may be negatively impacted.
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-Yesterday’s Winners: Football Overrun (CBS), 60 Minutes (CBS), Sunday Night Football (NBC), Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC), Desperate Housewives (ABC)
-Ratings Breakdown: Led by an approximate hour-long football overrun, CBS was the most-watched network on this final Sunday of the Nov. 2007 sweeps. But also football-ignited NBC was No. 1 among adults 18-49. The Big 3 networks combined, in fact, totaled a hefty 46.26 million viewers and a 15.8 rating/37 share among adults 18-49, a true testimonial to the power of network television. Keep in mind that all program averages for CBS are approximate due to the football overrun.
On that note, football on CBS dominated the 7 p.m. hour with an iron-fist at 21.59 million viewers and a 6.5 rating/17 share among adults 18-49. That led into a delayed 60 Minutes at an estimated 15.52 million viewers (#1) and a 4.0/ 9 in the demo (#4) at 8 p.m., followed by The Amazing Race 12 (Viewers: #3, 12.17; A18-49: #4, 3.6/ 8) and Cold Case (Viewers: #3, 12.28 million; A18-49: #3, 3.1/ 7) from 9-11 p.m.
Over at NBC, the 8:30-11 p.m. portion of the Eagles/Patriots football match-up scored a season-high 19.08 million viewers and a 7.5/17 among adults 18-49 from 8:30-11 p.m. Comparably, that was an improvement over the year-ago Eagles/Colts game (Viewers: 15.22 million; A18-49: 5.9/14 on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2006) of 3.86 million viewers and 27 percent in the demo. Earlier in the evening on NBC was pre-game Football Night in America at 7.22 million viewers (#3) and a 2.5/ 7 (#3) among adults 18-49 from 7-8 p.m., and 14.66 million viewers and a 5.4/13 in the demo in the 8 p.m. half-hour
ABC kicked-off this last Sunday of the November sweeps with part one of a two-part Extreme Makeover: Home Edition at 10.38 million viewers (#2) and a 3.4/ 9 among adults 18-49 (#2) from 7-8 p.m. That led into the regularly scheduled edition at a healthy 14.95 million viewers (#3) and a 5.0/11 among adults 18-49 (#2) at 8 p.m., followed by Desperate Housewives (Viewers: #2, 18.54 million; A18-49: #2, 6/915) and Brothers & Sisters (Viewers: #2, 12.52 million; A18-49: #2, 4.8/11) from 9-11 p.m.
Fox opened Sunday with two repeat episodes of The Simpsons at an average 5.42 million viewers (#4) and a 2.4/ 6 among adults 18-49 (#4) from 7-8 p.m. The regularly scheduled edition of The Simpsons was below average at 9.03 million viewers (#4) and a 4.1/10 among adults 18-49 (#4) at 8 p.m., followed by another repeat of The Simpsons (Viewers: #4, 8.55 million; A18-49: #3, 3.9/ 9), Family Guy (Viewers: #4, 9.60 million; A18-49: #3, 4.7/10) and a repeat of Family Guy (Viewers: #4, 8.42 million; A18-49: #3, 4.0/ 9) from 8:30-10 p.m.
Last, and very last, was the CW’s combination of CW Now (Viewers: 815,000; A18-49: 0.3/ 1), and repeats of Aliens in America (Viewers: 831,000; A18-49: 0.3/ 1), Life Is Wild (Viewers: 1.15 million; A18-49: 0.4/ 1) and America’s Next Top Model (Viewers: 1.44 million; A18-49: 0.6/ 1). With the writers strike ongoing, you had better get used to the word repeat. .
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I was Surprised DH did noy go up with last night's much promoted episode, but it did hold steady, maybe the cocclusion next week will see an upswing in viewers.
And thanks to the Philadelphia Eagles, presumably all hope of FOX inching into 3rd place for the sweep is shattered. The overrun MIGHT keep CBS in the game for 1st (in the demo), but I doubt it. Three hours of Dancing in the last three days should be enough, even if NFTU and OR completely bomb.
With football being this popular and with the only undefeated College team not making it to the title game, I'd expect that we are moving even closer to a college football playoff system for TV/$$$ benefit.
Those numbers look like numbers from a few years ago. This should be enough to seal the victory for ABC in sweeps. However, how many of you thought that it would be this close? ABC will be in third by the day folowing the Super Bowl. And if the strike is still on they will stay there. NBC probably closed the gap a bit for second in the demo, but the two of the next three days will widen that gap again.
B&S has been put in the winnner's circle in previous weeks for the same ratings. Still a winner (always with me )
Solid episodes for DH and B&S yesterday. I've taped but haven't seen TAR yet. I wonder if CBS will air it through the Christmas holidays, since it started late. I'm surprised they didn't air 2-hour episodes anytime the last month.
Again, who are the idiots who schedule when sweeps begin and end? It makes no sense not to start it a week early so that it doesn't overlap with the holidays. I'm surprised the Sunday ratings are still high, considering some people are probably coming back from vacation.
Wait a minute..AMERICAN DAD was on at 9:30?-damn that means my YAHOO TV listings lied and said a repeat of FAMILY GUY was going to be on so I didn't tape AMERICAN DAD.
Good for TAR...the similar number of viewers for COLD CASE seems to indicate the viewers flow well from TAR into C.C.
Did SHARK get bumped from the line up with the overrun?
Someone on another board said that King of the Hill's new episode aired at 7:00 Eastern instead. I didn't see it because it was on opposite the Bears game. Did anyone know about this move ahead of time? It caught me by surprise.
Originally posted by Obveeus: With football being this popular and with the only undefeated College team not making it to the title game, I'd expect that we are moving even closer to a college football playoff system for TV/$$$ benefit.
It won't happen for the same reason - money. In the college basketball the money from the networks is given to the NCAA which distributes that money to the schools. On the other hand, the BCS TV money is given to the college presidents to distribute. The BCS is run by the schools in the Major conferences (Big Ten, Pac Ten, Big 12, SEC, Big East, ACC, and 1 I forgot) who have a automatic bid into a BCS game, which means they get an automatic access to the money every year from the BCS.
I would love to see a playoff, but the Major conference presidents don't care jack about a Hawaii because they are in the WAC. This is why I root for almost every major program to lose so it screws the BCS which is nothing more than a way to funnel more money through the already rich football programs.
Although having said all that - and my allegiance to Pitt notwithstanding -
My DVR pass didn't record King of the Hill and it should of even if it were on a different time. But the schedule at Fox does list a new episode at 7 pm. Hmm.
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