via press release:
Quick Take for Sunday, October 25, 2009
(Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings)
Up on Sunday for the 2nd Consecutive Week, Against Big Sports Competition on
Fox and NBC, ABC Beats CBS by 7% in Viewers and by 50% in Adults 18-49
Achieving Season Highs, ABC’s “AFV” Posts its Strongest Results Since March
Building its Audience for the 2nd Straight Week, “Desperate Housewives”
Stands as Sunday’s Most-Watched Entertainment Show for 5 Weeks Running
Hitting Season-Highs for the 2nd Week in a Row, ABC’s “Brothers & Sisters”
Turns in its Best Performance in Over 7 Months in Viewers and Young Adults
Sunday Night (7:00-11:00 p.m.)
Up against extraordinary professional sports competition throughout the evening from Fox with an enormous NFL overrun leading into the highly-rated series-clinching game of MLB’s American League Championship Series (NY Yankees-LA Angeles) and from NBC with another big “Sunday Night Football” contest (Arizona-NY Giants), ABC beat out its non-sports-driven competition on Sunday, topping CBS by 7% in Total Viewers (10.7 million vs. 10.0 million) and by 50% in Adults 18-49 (3.3/8 vs. 2.2/6). The Net finished No. 1 on the evening across all key Women demos (W18-34/W18-49/W25-54).
- Despite the competitive network landscape, ABC grew its overall Sunday night audience for the 2nd week in a row and also increased its Adult 18-49 audience week to week.
“America’s Funniest Home Videos” (8:00-9:00 p.m.)
ABC’s “America’s Funniest Home Videos” defeated its non-sports competition in the 7 o’clock hour with Adults 18-49, leading CBS’ “60 Minutes” by 10% (2.3/7 vs. 2.1/6).
- “AFV” hit season highs with Total Viewers (8.4 million) and Adults 18-49 (2.3/7), logging its top numbers in nearly 8 months – since 3/1/09.
“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (8:00-9:00 p.m.)
Building on its lead-in against Fox’s baseball game and NBC’s football game, ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” beat out its unscripted competition in the time period (“Amazing Race”) among Adults 18-34 (+10% - 2.2/7 vs. 2.0/6) and Women 18-34 (+26% - 2.9/9 vs. 2.3/7).
- For the 2nd straight week, “Home Edition” increased its Total Viewer count.
“Desperate Housewives” (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” stood as Sunday’s No. 1 TV series in Total Viewers (13.8 million) and Adults 18-49 (4.6/11), registering as the night’s most-watched entertainment program on all 5 weeks this season.
- “Housewives” built its overall audience for 2nd consecutive week.
- “Housewives” is generating an even bigger increase this season than last over its first-reported numbers through DVR playback, picking up an average 1.6 million viewers and an additional 7-tenths of an Adult 18-49 rating point from the initially reported Live + Same Day Numbers to the Live + 7 Day DVR finals.
“Brothers & Sisters” (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
ABC’s “Brothers & Sisters” overshadowed its CBS drama competition in the 10 o’clock hour, outdelivering “Cold Case” by 1.2 million viewers (10.0 million vs. 8.8 million) and by 94% in Adults 18-49 (3.3/8 vs. 1.7/4). “Brothers & Sisters” placed No. 1 in the hour for the 5th consecutive week among key Women demos (W18-49/W25-54).
- Achieving season-high numbers for the 2nd week in a row, “Brothers & Sisters” drew its biggest audience and highest Adult 18-49 rating in nearly 8 months – since 3/22/09.
- Like its lead-in, “Brothers & Sisters” is seeing a sizeable uptick this season over its first-reported numbers through DVR playback (also bigger than last season), picking up an average 1.1 million viewers and an additional 4-tenths of an Adult 18-49 rating point from the initially reported Live + Same Day Numbers to the Live + 7 Day DVR finals.
A note about increasing DVR penetration and year-to-year rating comparisons: Year-to-year rating comparisons based on the Live + Same Day data stream are distorted by the level of DVR penetration in the Nielsen sample, which has jumped up to 33% currently, from 27% at the same point in 2008. More viewers are watching shows on their own timetables, which may not be reflected in the overnight next day numbers. The only truly valid year-to-year comparison would be one based on the Live + 7 Day metric, once those stats are released by Nielsen.
Source: Nielsen Media Research (Fast Affiliate, Live + Same Day Ratings), 10/25/09. DVR Playback = 9/21-10/11/09.
Good for Brothers & Sisters, it has always been really good and I’m glad it is stilling pulling in viewers!
go Housewifes and Brother and Sisters
I have always felt the only reason b&s gets vierers is because of desperate housewives. take dh out of the nights line-ups and you would see a major fall in demo ratings.