TV Ratings Sunday: Desperate Housewives Posts Season Low
This year, everything comes up the hard way for Desperate Housewives. The dramedy series held its season low with adults 18-49 thanks to strong performances of Football on NBC, The Amazing Race and Undercover Boss on CBS and Family Guy and American Dad on FOX.
NBC coasted to another Sunday victory in total viewers and adults 18-49 with its combination of Football Night in America (11.93 million viewers; A18-49: 4.0/11) and the football game between Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles on NBC Sunday Night Football (23.00 million viewers; A18-49: 8.5/21). Keep in mind: Preliminary ratings for Sports broadcasts are always approximate.
CBS came in second with its mixed-up Sunday line-up as follows: NFL Overrun/60 Minutes (21.01 million viewers; A18-49: 5.7/16), 60 Minutes/the season finale of The Amazing Race (13.99 million viewers; A18-49: 3.7/9), The Amazing Race/Undercover Boss (11.00 million viewers; A18-49: 3.2/7) and Undercover Boss/CSI: Miami (10.71 million viewers; A18-49: 2.7/7).
FOX placed third, opening the evening with repeats of Running Wilde (3.54 million viewers; A18-49: 1.2/3) and The Simpsons (3.87 million viewers; A18-49: 1.7/5) followed by The Simpsons (7.31 million viewers; A18-49: 3.3/8) and an one-hour edition of Family Guy (8.02 million viewers; A18-49: 4.0/9). American Dad capped off the evening at a respectable 6.26 million viewers and a 3.1/7 in the demo, increasing 950,000 viewers and 24 percent in adults 18-49, compared to last week.
ABC got fourth and last place due to a repeat of AFV - America's Funniest Home Videos (8.80 million viewers; A18-49: 2.2/6) and original installments of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (8.58 million viewers; A18-49: 2.4/6), Desperate Housewives (11.45 million viewers; A18-49: 3.5/8) and Brothers & Sisters (8.77 million viewers; A18-49: 2.5/6). While Brothers & Sisters was up by 1.18 million viewers and 19 percent in adults 18-49, in comparison with last week, Desperate Housewives confirmed its season low in the demo from December 5, 2010.
