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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 3.1/8 | 2.5/7 | 2.3/6 | 2.0/5 | 0.9/2 | 0.3/1 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 2.6/9 | 2.9/9 | 1.8/5 | 1.3/4 | 0.9/3 | 0.2/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 9.618 | 5.118 | 6.651 | 10.477 | 2.416 | 0.905 |
While it was far from a dominant win, new episodes of Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters lead ABC to the top for adults 18-49 on Sunday night. Fox's Sit Down, Shut Up won the adults 18-34 demo for its half hour, but finished third for adults 18-49 against limited competition.
NBC's Miss USA Pageant was down about 18% from last year's telecast. CBS's Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sandler was nearly unwatched by anyone under 50. Perhaps if the network was interested in shedding its "old folks" image it might rethink programming those specials. It's interesting that a new King of the Hill was almost entirely missed at 7:30. Perhaps viewers have become trained to repeats in that period for Fox.
You can see overnight reports for past Sundays to compare.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | 18-34 Rating | 18-34 Share | Viewers Live+SD (000s) |
| 7:00 | ABC | America's Funniest Home Videos | 2.0 | 7 | 1.6 | 6 | 6,944 |
| CBS | 60 Minutes | 1.8 | 6 | 1.0 | 4 | 11,431 | |
| FOX | American Dad (repeat) | 1.1 | 4 | 1.2 | 5 | 2,492 | |
| NBC | Miss USA Pageant | 1.0 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 3,727 | |
| UNI | Hora Pico | 0.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 1,172 | |
| CW | Jericho (repeat) | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 628 | |
| 7:30 | ABC | America's Funniest Home Videos | 2.4 | 7 | 1.8 | 6 | 8,323 |
| CBS | 60 Minutes | 1.9 | 6 | 1.1 | 4 | 12,309 | |
| FOX | King of the Hill | 1.6 | 5 | 1.8 | 6 | 3,344 | |
| NBC | Miss USA Pageant | 1.1 | 4 | 1.1 | 4 | 4,108 | |
| UNI | Hora Pico | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 1,319 | |
| CW | Jericho (repeat) | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 590 | |
| 8:00 | FOX | The Simpsons | 3.0 | 9 | 3.4 | 11 | 6,500 |
| CBS | Amazing Race | 2.9 | 8 | 2.0 | 6 | 10,409 | |
| ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (repeat) | 2.0 | 6 | 1.5 | 5 | 7,006 | |
| NBC | Miss USA Pageant | 1.5 | 4 | 1.5 | 5 | 5,382 | |
| UNI | Nuestra Belleza Latina | 0.8 | 2 | 0.8 | 3 | 2,287 | |
| CW | At First Sight (movie) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 1,112 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Amazing Race | 3.0 | 8 | 2.0 | 6 | 10,395 |
| ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (repeat) | 2.5 | 6 | 1.9 | 6 | 8,110 | |
| FOX | Sit Down, Shut Up (premiere) | 2.3 | 6 | 2.7 | 8 | 5,210 | |
| NBC | Miss USA Pageant | 1.9 | 5 | 2.0 | 6 | 6,708 | |
| UNI | Nuestra Belleza Latina | 1.0 | 3 | 1.1 | 3 | 2,924 | |
| CW | At First Sight (movie) | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 1,034 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Desperate Housewives | 4.6 | 11 | 4.0 | 11 | 13,455 |
| FOX | Family Guy | 3.8 | 9 | 4.7 | 13 | 7,404 | |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice | 2.9 | 7 | 2.0 | 5 | 7,746 | |
| CBS | Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (movie) | 1.5 | 4 | 0.9 | 2 | 10,243 | |
| UNI | Nuestra Belleza Latina | 1.1 | 3 | 1.1 | 3 | 3,186 | |
| CW | At First Sight (movie) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 1,020 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Desperate Housewives | 4.9 | 11 | 4.1 | 11 | 13,841 |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice | 3.2 | 7 | 2.2 | 6 | 8,161 | |
| FOX | American Dad | 3.0 | 7 | 3.5 | 9 | 5,758 | |
| CBS | Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (movie) | 1.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 9,772 | |
| UNI | Nuestra Belleza Latina | 1.2 | 3 | 1.2 | 3 | 3,320 | |
| CW | At First Sight (movie) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 1,046 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | Brothers & Sisters | 3.6 | 9 | 3.1 | 9 | 10,169 |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice | 3.2 | 8 | 2.3 | 7 | 8,501 | |
| CBS | Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (movie) | 1.6 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 9,798 | |
| UNI | Zone de Guerra | 0.9 | 2 | 0.9 | 3 | 2,697 | |
| 10:30 | NBC | Celebrity Apprentice | 3.3 | 9 | 2.3 | 7 | 8,877 |
| ABC | Brothers & Sisters | 3.1 | 8 | 2.6 | 8 | 9,094 | |
| CBS | Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (movie) | 1.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 9,459 | |
| UNI | Zone de Guerra | 0.9 | 2 | 0.9 | 3 | 2,421 |
Shows are sorted by 18-49 rating in each time slot.
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Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)
Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs which are currently in approximately 24.4% of all U.S. TV households. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
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