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Fast National ratings for Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009The finale of "Survivor: Samoa" held its own against NBC's NFL game Sunday night, combining with "60 Minutes" to give CBS a narrow ratings win for the evening.
CBS drew 13.3 million viewers and a 7.6 rating/12 share in households in primetime, which at least for the moment tops NBC's 13 million and 7.9/12 (those numbers may rise some in final nationals. FOX, which also got a boost from the NFL, finished third with 10.8 million viewers and a 6.3/10, while ABC (6.3 million, 3.6/6) trailed.
NBC scored a victory among adults 18-49 with a 4.5 rating. FOX was right behind at 4.4, followed by CBS at 3.8. ABC was off the pace at 1.7.
Sunday hour by hour:
7 p.m.
FOX: NFL overrun/"The OT" (19.6 million viewers, 11.2/19 households)
CBS: "60 Minutes" (13 million, 8.4/14)
ABC: "America's Funniest Home Videos" rerun (7 million, 3.8/6)
NBC: "Football Night in America" (6.3 million, 3.9/6)
18-49 leader: NFL/"The OT" (7.0)
8 p.m.
CBS: "Survivor: Samoa" finale" (14 million, 7.8/12)
NBC: "Sunday Night Football" - Vikings-Panthers (13.8 million, 8.3/13)
FOX: "The Simpsons" rerun (8.2 million, 4.8/8)/"The Cleveland Show" rerun (5.9 million, 3.5/6)
ABC: Movie - "The Santa Clause 3" (6.7 million, 3.7/6)
18-49 leader: "Sunday Night Football" (4.7)
9 p.m.
NBC: "Sunday Night Football" (15.9 million, 9.5/15)
CBS: "Survivor: Samoa" finale (14.2 million, 7.6/12)
ABC: "The Santa Clause 3" (7.4 million, 4.2/6)
FOX: "Family Guy" rerun (6.3 million, 3.7/6)/"American Dad" rerun (5.1 million, 3.2/5)
18-49 leader: "Sunday Night Football" (5.5)
10 p.m.
NBC: "Sunday Night Football" (16 million, 9.8/16)
CBS: "Survivor: Samoa" reunion show (12.2 million, 6.7/11)
ABC: "Desperate Housewives" rerun (4 million, 2.8/5)
18-49 leader: "Sunday Night Football" (5.9)
Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change, especially in the case of live telecasts. Source: The Nielsen Company.
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Much better re-run numbers for The Simpsons than for the perennial ratings disappointments from Seth MacFarlane.
Could be the lead-in effect, although the drop from The Cleveland Show indicates a lack of enthusiasm from the viewing public (and really there is a lack of enthusiasm for all of FOX's programming on Sundays).
People still watch football, or whatever the hell they call the stop-and-start game that should actually last 1 hour, but commercials drag it out to 4 hours? Ugh!
@Dimitre
You're obviously a neanderthal soccer fan, most likely foreign born, who understands absolutely nothing about American football--incomplete passes, etc, etc, etc. BTW how were U.S. TV ratings for the latest boring so-called World Cup? Probably too small even to measure!
If Natalie is as wholesome and quality an indiviidual as she claims, she should give her winnings to the true winner Russell. But knowing that she's in sales tells me the type of person that she is. She is a phony and piece of garbage. She doesn't deserve anything and is too selfish to realize that. What a phony. So is the rest of that jury, Erik should seriously be admitted to a mental institution because there is something severely wrong with that man. Someone should get to him before he hurts someone, seriously.
Hey guess what? A completely random person won Survivor. What a shock. Seriously. Same **** every year. I feel so bad that people don't want to watch good TV. Really it's sad that stuff like Survivor and Two and a Half Men are the most watched shows.
I agree, Survivor is so past its expiration date. But, you can hardly blame CBS, ppl still watch it so....
Hey Janey - I guess since people are still watching Survivor, it's not past it's expiration date. Your statement is a total oxymoron. Oh, wait . . . you're a moron.
So Russel lost, he stabbed everyone in the back and said "I will use them all, then throw them away like trash" WELL they threw you away like trash. I hope everyone that does buisness with him saw all this and now he should lose again in his buisness.Would you really trust someone like this with YOUR money?
@Dustin: I could not disagree with you more and Two and a Half Men. Besides the fact that I find it funny (which I'm guessing you don't :) ) it is also an extremely well-made show, shot on 35mm (and looking like it!) with a look that belies its sitcom nature. Its success is actually a great testimonial to the fact that making a high-quality product pays off, which is very important to point out in a world where executives think that people don't care if they're presented shows that look like amateur home videos or badly-made soap operas.
hey survivorfan, even though the show IS getting pretty stale, that was kinda my point, duh! you're so quick to call someone a moron...but maybe you're the real moron here and you're just projecting. :)