-Yesterday’s Winners: Football Overrun (Fox), The OT (Fox), 60 MInutes (CBS), Baseball World Series, Game 4 (Fox), Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC), The Amazing Race (CBS), Desperate Housewives (ABC)
-Yesterday’s Losers: Football Night in America (NBC), Three Rivers (CBS)
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-Ratings Breakdown: Fox hit a ratings grand slum on this first Sunday in November care of Game 4 of The World Series. Second-place ABC was down, but not out, with its regularly scheduled combination of America’s Funniest Home Videos, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters. Third in both categories was CBS, which has sprung a leak at 9 p.m., followed by a depressed, football-less NBC.
In an all sports night, Fox opened the evening with an approximate half-hour prime-time football overrun at a mammoth 30.57 million viewers and an 11.2 rating/30 share, followed by post game The OT at an also first-place 18.24 million viewers and a 6.5/17 in the demo at 7:30 p.m. Game four of The Baseball World Series averaged an estimated 20.02 million viewers and a 6.9/17 among adults 18-49 from 8-11 p.m., with the dominant half-hour breakdown as follows:
Considering the competition was The World Series from 8 p.m. and beyond, this is another good Sunday for ABC. CBS, meanwhile, remained solid from 7-9 p.m., with 9-11 p.m. in need of fixing. Take a look:
CBS - Sunday 7:00 p.m. – 60 Minutes Viewers: 12.32 million (#2), A18-49: 2.1/ 6 (#2)
8:00 p.m. – The Amazing Race Viewers: 11.10 million (#2), A18-49: 3.2/ 8 (#3)
9:00 p.m. – Three Rivers Viewers: 7.71 million (#3), A18-49: 1.7/ 4 (#4)
10:00 p.m. – Cold Case Viewers: 8.64 million (#3), A18-49: 1.6/ 4 (#4)
NBC opened with Football Night in America (Viewers: #4, 2.57 million; A18-49: #4, 0.8/ 2), followed by repeat theatrical National Treasure at a last-place 4.59 million viewers and a 1.7/ 4 among adults 18-49 from 8-11 p.m.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data (R = repeat)
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Considering the competition was The World Series from 8 p.m. and beyond, this is another good Sunday for NBC . CBS, meanwhile, remained solid from 7-9 p.m.
I'm impressed DH was able to increase their demo from last week against the baseball juggernaut. I realize - different audiences... but still quite impressive given the size of the audience for Game 4.
Originally posted by a-mad: I'm impressed DH was able to increase their demo from last week against the baseball juggernaut. I realize - different audiences... but still quite impressive given the size of the audience for Game 4.
Any female skewing show will do well against a sporting event. Women obviously turned to DH against baseball especially with no FOX animated shows on.
FOX stormed the ratings but ABC held up pretty well, NBC did poorly but it’s only a one-off and they’ll be back dominating on Sundays, CBS had another pitiful Sunday, Three Rivers continues to lose steam while Cold Case held up pretty well considering it’s got such a weak lead in. CBS needs to fix 9-11pm as it’s ruining their average.
I bet FOX are praying that The Yankees lose the game tonight they can continue to reap the benefit.
Good numbers for TAR considering they didn't have a football overrun in most of the country and it was against the WS game...I think last nights ep proves you have to pick a Detour option and stick with it- one member of the eliminated team actually was almost medically DQ'd because the EMT's at the site were afraid she had hypothermia- the producers had to be talked into letting them continue.
Next week should be good- TAR fans know how infamous the Road Block they're repeating is (It's from early in Season 6).
Well... considering they had 50 unsuccessful attempts before they gave up, I don't think they made a bad decision, however, the dance challenge itself was kind of unfair since there was an obvious strength factor that really had nothing to do with the dancing part. Endurance is one thing, but strength as used in this challenge, resulted in a huge disadvantage.
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Originally posted by weaklink75: I think last nights ep proves you have to pick a Detour option and stick with it- one member of the eliminated team actually was almost medically DQ'd because the EMT's at the site were afraid she had hypothermia- the producers had to be talked into letting them continue.
Next week should be good- TAR fans know how infamous the Road Block they're repeating is (It's from early in Season 6).
Another top-notch episode of the cable hit and modern noir classic, Dexter. John Lithgow is a great casting this season as the Trinity Killer. This may be the show's best season yet and its rising ratings are certainly proving just that.
Considering the competition was The World Series from 8 p.m. and beyond, this is another good Sunday for NBC . CBS, meanwhile, remained solid from 7-9 p.m.
Doug, the ratings for Dexter are not that much higher than those of the previous season. Showtime makes a big deal out of every small gain, but those gains are largely explained by a recession-fueled increase in their subscriber levels.
We saw large increases for True Blood over the course of a single season. It gained far fewer subscribers than Showtime and Starz over the same period (because the latter had more room to grow within the premium cable market), yet its ratings went up far more.
According to this article, Showtime has the lowest profit-levels of any of the three biggest pay cable outfits.
Hitting a Season-High Against Fox’s World Series, ABC is the Night’s No. 1 Non-Sports Network
Non-Sports Network, Topping CBS by 55% and NBC by 143% in Adults 18-49
“Home Edition” Grows its Overall Audience for the 3rd Straight Week,
While Hitting Season-Highs Among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34
Marking its 2nd-Highest Adult 18-49 Number This Season, ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” is Sunday’s Most-Watched Entertainment Show for 6 Weeks Running
Matching its Top Adult 18-49 Rating Since March, ABC’s “Brothers & Sisters”
Overshadows CBS’ “Cold Case” at 10pm by 106% in the Key Sales Demo
Sunday Night (7:00-11:00 p.m.)
Once again facing big professional sports competition on Sunday night from Fox with a huge NFL overrun leading into Game 4 of the 2009 World Series (NY Yankees-Philadelphia Phillies), ABC remained the No. 1 non-sports network in Total Viewers (10.4 million) and Adults 18-49 (3.4/8). In fact among Adults 18-49, ABC towered over its non-sports competition, beating CBS by 55% (2.2/5) and NBC by 143% (1.4/4).
* Despite facing the World Series, ABC grew its Adult 18-49 audience on Sunday night for the 2nd week in a row to match a season high on the evening.
“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (8:00-9:00 p.m.)
The No. 1 non-sports TV show in the 8 o’clock hour with young adults, ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” beat out CBS’ “Amazing Race” by 6% among Adults 18-49 (3.4/8 vs. 3.2/8) and by 18% among Adults 18-34 (2.6/7 vs. 2.2/6).
* “Home Edition” increased overall audience (10.8 million) for the 3rd straight week, while hitting season-highs with young adults (AD18-34/AD18-34).
“Desperate Housewives” (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” once again registered as Sunday’s No. 1 TV series in Total Viewers (13.8 million) and Adults 18-49 (4.9/11), qualifying as the night’s most-watched entertainment program on all 6 weeks this season and for 4 weeks running among Adults 18-49.
* Growing its young adult audience for the 2nd consecutive week, ABC’s “Housewives” generated its 2nd-highest Adult 18-49 rating of the season.
* “Housewives” is generating an even bigger increase this season than last over its first-reported numbers through DVR playback, picking up an average 1.6 million viewers and an additional 7-tenths of an Adult 18-49 rating point from the initially reported Live + Same Day Numbers to the Live + 7 Day DVR finals.
“Brothers & Sisters” (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
ABC’s “Brothers & Sisters” continued to beat out its CBS drama competition in the 10 o’clock hour, outdelivering “Cold Case” by 9% in Total Viewers (9.4 million vs. 8.6 million) and by 106% in Adults 18-49 (3.3/9 vs. 1.6/4).
* “Brothers & Sisters” equaled the series’ highest Adult 18-49 rating since March – since 3/22/09.
* Like its lead-in, “Brothers & Sisters” is seeing a sizeable uptick this season over its first-reported numbers through DVR playback (also bigger than last season), picking up an average 1.2 million viewers and an additional 5-tenths of an Adult 18-49 rating point from the initially reported Live + Same Day Numbers to the Live + 7 Day DVR finals.
