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TV Ratings: 'Big Brother' brings home Sunday night for CBS
Fast National ratings for Sunday, August 15, 2010"Big Brother" won the night for CBS in both total viewers and adults 18-49 on a Sunday otherwise dominated by summer reruns.
CBS averaged 8.2 million viewers and a 5.1 rating/9 share in households, beating runner up NBC, which averaged 4.7 million and a 3.1/6. ABC placed third with 4.06 million and a 2.5/4), and FOX trailed with 3.6 million and a 2.1/4.
CBS edged out FOX in the 18-49 demo with a 2.0 rating to its competition's 1.7. ABC landed in third with a 1.2, and NBC brought up the rear with a 1,0.
Sunday hour by hour:
7 p.m.
CBS: "60 Minutes"(10.2 million viewers, 6.5/13 households)
ABC: "America's Funniest Home Videos" rerun (5.6 million, 3.4/7)
NBC: "Dateline: NBC" (4.4 million, 3.0/6)
FOX: "American Dad" (1.8 million, 1.1/2)/"The Simpsons" rerun (2.6 million, 1.1/2)
18-49 leader: "60 Minutes" (1.9)
8 p.m.
CBS: "Big Brother" (9.4 million, 5.9/10)
ABC: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" rerun (5.2 million, 3.2/6)
NBC: "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" rerun (4.4 million, 3.0/5)
FOX: "The Simpsons" rerun (3.9 million, 2.3/4)/"The Cleveland Show" rerun (3.7 million, 2.2/4)
18-49 leader: "Big Brother" (2.1)
9 p.m.
CBS: "Undercover Boss" rerun (7.94 million, 4.8/8)
NBC: "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" rerun (5.3 million, 3.4/6)
FOX: "Family Guy" reruns - two episodes (4.8 million, 2.8/5)
ABC: "Scoundrels" (2.8 million, 1.8/3)
18-49 leader: "Undercover Boss" and "Family Guy" (2.3)
10 p.m.
CBS: "CSI: Miami" rerun 5.3 million, 3.3/6)
NBC: "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" rerun (4.8 million, 3.2/6)
ABC: "The Gates" (2.6 million, 1.7/3)
18-49 leader: "CSI: Miami" (3.3)
Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change. Source: The Nielsen Company.
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Those CBS stats can't be right. CBS Sports overrun delayed 60 Minutes until 8:24 EDT.
IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE RATINGS SHOWN FOR SUNDAY NIGHT ARE INCORRECT. 6O MINUTES DIDN'T START UNTIL 8:30PM DUE TO PGA OVERRUN. SHAME ON NIELSEN
Its not the Nelsons fault, its Mikey Mouse who copy and posted the ratings wrong. Sometimes I wonder wear the writers on this site get their info, its made up half the time and when you tell them this, they just delete the posts.
Time Net Show 18-49 Rating/Sh Viewers (Millions)
7:00 CBS PGA Championship Overrun 1.9/7 10.20
ABC America’s Funniest Home Videos (R) 1.4/5 5.63
NBC Dateline NBC 0.9/3 4.39
FOX American Dad (R) 0.8/3 1.81
7:30 FOX The Simpsons (R) 1.1/4 2.60
8:00 CBS PGA Championship Overrun /60 Minutes 2.1/7 9.43
FOX The Simpsons (R) 1.8/6 3.89
ABC Extreme Makeover Home Edition (R) 1.6/5 5.19
NBC Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R) 0.9/3 4.43
8:30 FOX The Cleveland Show (R) 1.8/6 3.74
9:00 CBS 60 Minutes/Big Brother 2.3/6 7.95
FOX Family Guy (R) 2.3/6 4.66
NBC Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R) 1.1/3 5.31
ABC Scoundrels (Season Finale) 0.8/2 2.84
9:30 FOX Family Guy (R) 2.3/6 4.90
10:00 CBS Big Brother/Undercover Boss (R) 1.6/4 5.31
NBC Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R) 1.1/3 4.81
ABC The Gates 0.9/3 2.59
The schedule is correct for the West Coast. I believe that when there is a live sporting event in primetime, Nielsen releases the overnight ratings at the usual time, but they're not actually final, because it takes the company a bit longer to account for the different time zones.
This article's author is a real nitwit to post this data. It took that imbecile **** to post the right figures (well, at least in the 8-49 demographic) but this Mikey guy needs to be fired for posting erroneous information.
Hooray for CBS! I hate FOX and the monkeys over at ABC. Smart decision to run the PGA into primetime CBS!!
This season Of BB12 started out great,now it is B-O-R-I-N-G,especially showtime at night.
I have never seen so much crying and whining on a BB show before. will be glad when it is over