Prime-Time Ratings:
Sunday 11/26/06

Note: The following results are based on the fast national ratings (Live Plus Same Day data)

-Total Viewers:
ABC: 15.23 million, CBS: 12.30, NBC: 11.45, Fox: 11.36, CW: 3.28

-Adults 18-49:
ABC: 5.4 rating/13 share, Fox: 4.9/12, NBC: 4.4/11, CBS: 2.8/ 7, CW: 1.3/ 3

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-Yesterday’s Winners:
60 Minutes (CBS), Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC), The Simpsons (Fox), Desperate Housewives (ABC)

-Yesterday’s Losers (excluding repeats):
The War at Home (Fox)

-Ratings Breakdown:
Minus Cold Case and Without A Trace in the competitive mix, ABC dominated in both total viewers and key adults 18-49 on this final Sunday of the Nov. 2006 sweeps. CBS and Fox shared the No. 2 spot, with CBS second in total viewers and the home of The Simpsons a competitive second among adults 18-49.

Fox opened the evening in the dominant position care of an estimated half-hour NFL Football overrun (Viewers: 21.10 million; A18-49: 8.0 rating/22 share) and post-game show The OT (Viewers: #3, 10.82 million; A18-49: #1, 4.3/11) from 7-8 p.m. The two veterans of the hour -- CBS’ 60 Minutes (Viewers: #2, 13.03 million; A18-49: #3, 2.4/ 6) and America’s Funniest Home Videos on ABC (Viewers: #3, 11.09 million; A18-49: #2, 3.2/ 8) -- shared the No. 2 and 3 spots. The football pre-game on NBC (Viewers: #4, 6.36 million; A18-49: #4, 2.3/ 6) and two episodes (repeat and original) of Reba on the CW (Viewers: avg. 3.30 million; A18-49: 1.2/ 3) capped off the hour. Worth noting for Reba was the original installment at 3.89 million viewers and a 1.4/ 4 in the demo at 7:30 p.m. -- a hefty advantage over earlier season time period occupant All of Us.

As a reminder, fast national results for any live sporting event are always approximate.

At 8 p.m., ABC’s young adult skewing Extreme Makeover: Home Edition won the hour with 14.66 million viewers and a 5.1/12 among adults 18-49. The prime time portion of Sunday Night Football on NBC (Philadelphia vs. Indianapolis) averaged an approximate 13.14 million viewers and a 5.0/12 among adults 18-49 in the 8-11 p.m. block.

Also in the 8 p.m. hour was CBS’ The Amazing Race 10 (Viewers: #4, 9.87; A18-49: #4, 3.3/ 8), which was nothing special this week; Fox’s animated The Simpsons (Viewers: #3, 10.90 million; A18-49: #1, 5.0/12) and American Dad (Viewers: #4, 8.85 million; A18-49: #3, 4.1/ 9); and the CW’s veteran 7th Heaven (Viewers: 4.23 million; A18-49: 1.6/ 4). Worth noting for the ageless 7th Heaven was growth out of the 7:30 p.m. edition of Reba of 340,000 viewers and 14 percent among adults 18-49 (with a performance on par with year-ago occupant Charmed).

Dominance, of course, moved into ABC’s court at 9 p.m. with Desperate Housewives at 21.39 million viewers and an 8.5/19 among adults 18-49 – an improvement from lead-in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition of a considerable 6.73 million viewers and 67 percent in the demo. That led into a Sunday 10 p.m. edition of Boston Legal (which used to air here) with 13.78 million viewers (#1) and a 4.6/12 among adults 18-49 (#2) at 10 p.m. Comparably, that was close to regularly scheduled occupant Brothers & Sisters.

CBS pre-empted Cold Case and Without A Trace from 9-11 p.m. for older skewing made-for Candles on Bay Street, which averaged a comfortable 12.77 million viewers (#3) and a 2.9/ 7 among adults 18-49 (#4) from 9-11 p.m. Fox capped off the evening with Family Guy (Viewers: #4, 9.51 million; A18-49: #3, 4.8/11) and waiting-to-be axed The War at Home (Viewers: #4, 6.96 million; A18-49: #3, 3.4/ 8) from 9-10 p.m., while a repeat of America’s Next Top Model on the CW was out of the competitive loop with 2.32 million viewers and a 1.2/ 3 among adults 18-49 at 9 p.m.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

What about the CBS NFL overrun? TAR didn't start until 8:25/7:25c.

Alright, 7H still going strong! Do you have the half-hour breakdowns, Marc?

Also, do you think it'll stay above 4 mil. now that Sweeps are over? Or still yes because of Reba?

It didn't show up like that last night, Kelly.

I'm glad Reba is doing well. The folks at the CW are kicking them selves for not putting this on sooner. Marc do you think Reba has a shot at a full pick-up?

Here goes:

8:00 p.m. Viewers: 4.24 million; A18-49: 1.7/ 4
8:30 p.m. Viewers: 4.21 million; A18-49: 1.6/ 4

And, yes, I do think it will stay above 4 million viewers. (and the Reba lead-in certainly does not hurt!)

quote:

Originally posted by Loyal7HFan:
Alright, 7H still going strong! Do you have the half-hour breakdowns, Marc?

Also, do you think it'll stay above 4 mil. now that Sweeps are over? Or still yes because of Reba?

quote:

Originally posted by Kelly Hughes:
What about the CBS NFL overrun? TAR didn't start until 8:25/7:25c.

CBS had no NFL overrun this week...but FOX did.

If they can come to a financial agreement, absolutely. I think the CW would be foolish not to renew Reba for the full season.

quote:

Originally posted by bbmm:
I'm glad Reba is doing well. The folks at the CW are kicking them selves for not putting this on sooner. Marc do you think Reba has a shot at a full pick-up?

Marc,

With Reba doing pretty well , do you think the CW will extend the season past the 13 episodes?? they should pair it with another "Caucasian" type comedy.

Does Boston Legal's numbers hurt Brothers & Sisters? Or it's just irrelevant that both shows had similar numbers.

In my opinion Legal was capable of such a strong performance, since Without a Trace was on the bench. What do you think Marc?

Who would have predicted CW's strongest night of the week would be Sunday?

Of course, all I'm watching is the FOX-toons.

So back when FOX canceled Family Guy, who would have predicted that it would be anchoring the network on Sundays?

Or that The Simpsons would still be funny?

I am speaking for marc and myself on this one.

We desperately missed "Brothers and Sisters" last night.

Boston Legal is just a mediocre show.

I love those hilarious Caucasians and their wacky adventures!

Hey Marc, why do you think that TAR was nothing special last night? I think it was a very entertaining episode.

Nice to see DH stabilizing. Wasn't last night's episode great? So much to discuss over the long, long break until the next new episode.