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Fast National ratings for Sunday, June 20, 2010NBC easily won Sunday night when 10 million people watched Graeme McDowell become the first European to win the Golf U.S. Open Championships since 1970. Unsurprisingly, reruns of CBS's "I Get That A Lot," ABC's "Extreme Home Makeover," and Fox's animated comedies "The Simpsons" and "The Cleveland Show" couldn't beat it.
ABC premiered two new dramas on Sunday -- "Scoundrels" at 9 p.m. and "The Gates" at 10. Though the network was pleased that the dramas improved upon their timeslot last year, they couldn't beat out "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" on NBC or a rerun of "Cold Case" on CBS, respectively.
Sunday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
NBC: Golf: US Open Championship final round (10 million, 6.4/12)
CBS: "I Get That A Lot" rerun (4.7 million, 3.0/6)
ABC: "Extreme Home Makeover" repeat (4.6 million viewers, 2.7/7 households)
FOX: "The Simpsons" rerun (3.2 million, 1.8/4)/"The Cleveland Show" rerun (3.4 million, 2.0/4 households)
18-49 leader: Golf (2.3/8)
9 p.m.
NBC: "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (6.4 million, 4.1/7)
ABC: "Scoundrels" (5.1 million, 3.5/6)
CBS: "Cold Case" rerun (4.7 million, 3.1/5)
FOX: "Family Guy" rerun (4.5 million, 2.6/5)/ "American Dad" rerun (3.8 million, 2.3/4)
18-49 leader: "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (1.7)
10 p.m.
CBS: "Cold Case" rerun (4.8 million, 3.2/6)
ABC: "The Gates" (4.6 million, 3.0/5)
NBC: "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (3.4 million, 2.4/4)
18-49 leader: "The Gates" (1.5)
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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the gates was pretty good, better than i expected.
I really liked the gates...hope it last
Wat a great nite for powerhose aBC! Those old golf fogies fell asleep watching it and forgot to change the chanel at 9. Otherwise abc would of eesily won with their too new bunnified tower de focres dramas.
Actually I thought The Gates was much better than I expected it to be...It had the feel of a show that belonged on HBO or Showtime...It's in a nice cushy time spot for now...Time will tell if the rest of America agrees.
God M e o w SHUT UP! PLEASE JUST SHUT UP! You ignorant uneducated twit.
I agree with cdw. I wish she or he would stuff it.
GO GOLF!!!!!
Was it just Rochester NY but the golf lasted until about 9:30 and then they joined "Minute To Win It" in progress to fill out the hour, So how did Law & Order: CI win the hour? Just on west coast viewing?
Dont you lousers even know how to read? M EOW already answer the question. CI won the 9:00 hour because the golf old fogies were so bored they fall asleep and their TV sets just stayed on NBC. Haha lol porr things.
The Gates was a lot better than i expected, i'll watch it again next week. EFF that Scoundrels show it was crap and i turned it after less than 10 minutes!!
SHUT UP! ****/DONNA! ABC did **** numbers last night and you know it, you douchebag! NBC kicked their tail last night with golf, but I am also happy to report that not only is ****/DONNA still a total jackhole, BUT Til Death has finally come to an end!