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Ratings: CBS win with 'Amazing Race' spinoff, ABC improved, NBC takes a walk down memory lane
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While CBS's "Amazing Race: Unfinished Busines debut was nothing to be ashamed of, though it wasn't quite as powerful in the ratings as it hoped to be. Meanwhile, ABC's night rose from last week's, getting a nice boost from an awards show-free night. A two-hour behind the scenes look at the "SNL" machine couldn't keep the nostalgia afloat.
CBS wins Sunday with 10.4 million viewers and a 6.2 rating/10 share in households. ABC followed with 8.7 million (5.3/9). NBC had by 5.7 million viewers (3.5/6), and FOX had 5.2 million (2.9/5).
In the key 18-49 demo, FOX won with a 2.4, followed by ABC with 2.3, CBS with 2.2, and NBC with 1.6.
Sunday hour by hour:
7 p.m.
CBS: "60 Minutes" (11.4 million, 7.2/12)
ABC: "America's Funniest Home Videos" (8.1 million, 4.4/8)
NBC: "Dateline: NBC" (4.6 million, 3.1/5)
FOX: "The Simpsons" rerun (3.8 million, 2.2/4) / "American Dad" (4.2 million, 2.4/4)
18-49 leader: "60 Minutes" (2.1)
8 p.m.
CBS: "Amazing Race: Unfinished Business" (9.1 million, 5.1/8)
ABC: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (9.5 million, 5.5/9)
FOX: "The Simpsons" (6.3 million, 3.4/6) / "Bob's Burgers" (4.8 million, 2.7/4)
NBC: "Saturday Night Live: Just Commercials" rerun (5.5 million, 3.5/6)
18-49 leader: "The Simpsons" (2.8)
9 p.m.
ABC: "Desperate Housewives" (10.4 million, 6.5/10)
CBS: "Undercover Boss" (9.1 million, 5.1/8)
FOX: "Family Guy" (6.5 million, 3.7/6) / "The Cleveland Show" (5.4 million, 3.1/5)
NBC: "Saturday Night Live Backstage" (5.5 million, 3.5/6)
18-49 leader: "Family Guy" (3.3)
10 p.m.
CBS: "CSI: Miami" (10.4 million, 6.3/11)
ABC: "Brothers & Sisters" (6.9 million, 4.7/8)
NBC: "Saturday Night Live Backstage" (6.2 million, 3.7/6)
18-49 leader: Tie between "CSI: Miami" and "SNL Backstage" (2.2)
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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Wow, the Grammys managed to win at 10pm despite not being broadcast! That's amazing!
Guess I'll miss watching The Amazing Race next week just in time for the Oscars.
That's Miss Copy and Paste for you , always putting the wrong numbers , lol , poor thing , Preta will be mad at her on Tues. Sad :(
WWoahhh! No football to inflate CBS' and NBC's numbers. This looks to be the weakest season ever of CBS' reality shows and NBC as usual had nothing ready for Sundays once football ends. Talk about pisspoor planning. Nice bounce back for ABC. That should continue throughout the spring. Can't wait to see what Secret Millionaire does in Extreme Home Makeovers timeslot. I think it is a mistake but if it's a big hit they can move Brothers and Sisters to Friday at 8pm while it still has some life in it and where it should have been all along ( a show with no substance, no meat and potatoes, nothing that would grab you and make you want to consistently watch it-like just about every show on the ABC Family channel).
The author needs to switch the 8 PM hours around with CBS and ABC as this is getting redundant with this specific author. Learn to proofread before posting on here.
As for next Sunday, ABC will win that handily with the Oscars broadcast. NBC is in deep **** right now but it's early for the new ownership to turn things around.
I know Sylvester , she thinks CBS had a higher rating than abc , poor thing thinks 9.1 is higher than 9.5 , must be desalecsic ... Sad ... Oh well guess poor thing doesn't know how to copy and paste !
It's not an Amazing Race spin-off, it's just the subtitle for this season of the race. Don't expect future seasons of Unfinished Business, this isn't going to be recurring that regularly.