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| Adults 18-49: Rating/Share | 2.6/7 | 2.4/7 | 2.3/7 | 2.1/6 | 1.1/3 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 1.9/6 | 1.4/4 | 2.9/10 | 1.5/5 | 1.3/4 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 8.978 | 10.881 | 5.138 | 6.196 | 2.743 |
Conan O'Brien's appearance boosted 60 Minutes fast affiliate ratings 0.6 ratings points (which vs. last week's anemic ratings is a 38% increase) to a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating.
ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was even with its last original episode (4/11) with a 2.4 adults 18-49 rating. Continuing to climb back a bit from recent series low ratings, Desperate Housewives was up 12% vs. last week to a 3.7 rating, and Brothers & Sisters was up 4% to a 2.5 rating.
After Conan's 60 Minutes appearance, the rest of the CBS line up was down. Amazing Race fell 6% vs. last week to a 3.0 rating. A special new Cold Case at 9pm drew just a 2.0 rating, and a regular 10pm timeslot Cold Case did little better, drawing a 2.2 rating down 4% from its last original on 4/11.
Fox was all over the map on Sunday. The Simpsons was even with last week's 2.7 adults 18-49 rating. The Cleveland Show was down 4% (vs. 4/11) to a 2.6 rating, and a special 1 hour Family Guy was up 3% (vs. 4/11) to a 3.5 rating.
At 8pm, NBC's Minute To Win It was up 6% from last week to a 1.9 adults 18-49 rating, while Celebrity Apprentice fell 16% vs last week to a 2.6 rating.
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 7:00 | CBS | 60 Minutes | 2.0 | 7 | 12.520 |
| ABC | America's Funniest Home Videos | 1.6 | 6 | 6.239 | |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.0 | 4 | 4.826 | |
| FOX | Til Death | 0.7 | 2 | 1.948 | |
| 7:30 | CBS | 60 Minutes | 2.5 | 8 | 14.149 |
| ABC | America's Funniest Home Videos | 1.8 | 6 | 7.040 | |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.3 | 4 | 5.508 | |
| FOX | The Simpsons (repeat) | 1.0 | 3 | 2.426 | |
| 8:00 | CBS | The Amazing Race | 2.9 | 9 | 10.732 |
| FOX | The Simpsons | 2.7 | 8 | 6.057 | |
| ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | 2.1 | 6 | 7.631 | |
| NBC | Minute To Win It | 1.7 | 5 | 5.378 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | The Amazing Race | 3.0 | 9 | 10.246 |
| ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | 2.7 | 8 | 9.625 | |
| FOX | The Cleveland Show | 2.6 | 7 | 5.739 | |
| NBC | Minute To Win It | 2.0 | 6 | 5.910 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Desperate Housewives | 3.7 | 10 | 11.966 |
| FOX | Family Guy | 3.7 | 10 | 7.688 | |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice | 2.5 | 7 | 6.972 | |
| CBS | Cold Case | 2.0 | 5 | 9.423 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Desperate Housewives | 3.7 | 10 | 12.067 |
| FOX | Family Guy | 3.3 | 9 | 6.969 | |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice | 2.5 | 6 | 6.637 | |
| CBS | Cold Case | 2.1 | 5 | 9.830 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | Brothers & Sisters | 2.7 | 7 | 9.083 |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice | 2.6 | 7 | 6.783 | |
| CBS | Cold Case | 2.2 | 6 | 9.935 | |
| 10:30 | NBC | Celebrity Apprentice | 2.9 | 8 | 7.555 |
| CBS | Cold Case | 2.3 | 6 | 10.210 | |
| ABC | Brothers & Sisters | 2.3 | 6 | 8.171 |
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Definitions:
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live football game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.
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.
For more information see Numbers 101 and Numbers 102.
