In light of Whitney Houston's death today I'm forgoing a"guess the ratings" poll for Sunday night's telecast, but here are the historical ratings through last year.
| Household | Number of | **Cost per | |||||
| Day | Date | Time | Net | rating | Share | Viewers | 30 Sec Spot |
| SUN | 2-13-11* | 8:00PM-11:30PM | CBS | 14.8 | 25 | 26,669,000 | |
| SUN | 1-31-10* | 8:00PM-11:30PM | CBS | 14.3 | 23 | 25,869,000 | $425,727 |
| SUN | 2-08-09* | 8:00PM-11:31PM | CBS | 11.2 | 18 | 19,048,000 | $495,200 |
| SUN | 2-10-08* | 8:00PM-11:40PM | CBS | 10.3 | 16 | 17,182,000 | $572,700 |
| SUN | 2-11-07 * | 8:00PM-11:30PM | CBS | 12.1 | 19 | 20,058,000 | $557,300 |
| WED | 2-08-06 * | 8:00PM-11:33PM | CBS | 10.9 | 17 | 17,005,000 | 675,900 |
| SUN | 2-13-05 | 8:00PM- 11:31PM | CBS | 11.6 | 18 | 18,802,000 | $703,900 |
| SUN | 2-8-04 | 8:00PM-11:32PM | CBS | 15.7 | 24 | 26,293,000 | $654,600 |
| SUN | 2-23-03 | 8:00PM-11:30PM | CBS | 14.7 | 23 | 24,829,000 | $610,300 |
| WED | 2-27-02 | 8:00PM-11:30PM | CBS | 11.9 | 19 | 18,968,000 | $573,900 |
| WED | 2-21-01 | 8:00PM-11:05PM | CBS | 16.7 | 26 | 26,651,000 | $574,000 |
| WED | 2-23-00 | 8:00PM-11:01PM | CBS | 17.3 | 27 | 27,798,000 | $505,500 |
| WED | 2-24-99 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 16.6 | 26 | 24,880,000 | $472,000 |
| WED | 2-25-98 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 17.0 | 27 | 25,043,000 | $315,600 |
| WED | 2-26-97 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 13.4 | 22 | 19,211,000 | $346,300 |
| WED | 2-28-96 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 14.6 | 23 | 21,503,000 | $304,800 |
| WED | 3-1-95 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 11.8 | 19 | 17,279,000 | $399,100 |
| TUE | 3-1-94 | 8:00PM-11:02PM | CBS | 16.1 | 24 | 23,696,000 | $407,700 |
| WED | 2-24-93 | 8:00PM-11:00PM | CBS | 19.9 | 31 | 29,874,000 | $401,500 |
| TUE | 2-25-92 | 8:00PM-12:02PM | CBS | 16.2 | 27 | 23,102,000 | $352,900 |
| WED | 2-20-91 | 8:00PM-11:40PM | CBS | 18.8 | 31 | 28,892,500 | $319,200 |
| WED | 2-21-90 | 8.00PM-11.36PM | CBS | 18.9 | 31 | 28,830,960 | $330,600 |
| WED | 2-22-89 | 8.00PM-11.30PM | CBS | 16.0 | 26 | 23,569,800 | $318,300 |
| WED | 3-2-88 | 8.00PM-11.06PM | CBS | 21.1 | 33 | 32,763,570 | $299,900 |
| TUE | 2-24-87 | 8.00PM-11.24PM | CBS | 18.3 | 27 | 27,918,540 | $264,200 |
| TUE | 2-25-86 | 8.00PM-11.30PM | CBS | 20.3 | 32 | 30,397,920 | $205,500 |
| TUE | 2-26-85 | 8.00PM-11.20PM | CBS | 23.8 | 35 | 37,125,770 | N/A |
| TUE | 2-28-84 | 8.00PM-11.21PM | CBS | 30.8 | 45 | 51,671,620 | N/A |
| WED | 2-23-83 | 8.00PM-11.16PM | CBS | 21.6 | 33 | 29,863,400 | N/A |
| WED | 2-24-82 | 9.00PM-11.25PM | CBS | 18.1 | 29 | 24,027,750 | N/A |
| WED | 2-25-81 | 9.00PM-11.30PM | CBS | 21.2 | 34 | 28,577,170 | N/A |
| WED | 2-27-80 | 9.00PM-11.13PM | CBS | 23.9 | 39 | 32,394,240 | N/A |
| THU | 2-15-79 | 9.00PM-11.15PM | CBS | 21.9 | 34 | 31,318,080 | N/A |
| THU | 2-23-78 | 9.00PM-11.16PM | CBS | 26.6 | 44 | N/A | N/A |
| SAT | 2-19-77 | 9.30PM-11.32PM | CBS | 21.3 | 38 | 28,868,510 | N/A |
| SAT | 2-28-76 | 10.00PM-11.50PM | CBS | 23.8 | 47 | N/A | N/A |
| SAT | 3-1-75 | 10.00PM-11.50PM | CBS | 16.4 | 30 | N/A | N/A |
| SAT | 3-2-74 | 10.00PM-11.40PM | CBS | 30.3 | 52 | N/A | N/A |
| *Cost Per Thousand books from late Feb/early March 1983,1984,1985 missing | |||||||
| Source: NTI Pocketpieces, Nielsen Audience Composition Reports and Nielsen Galaxy Explorer | |||||||
| Copyright 2012 The Nielsen Company | |||||||
| * Live +Same Day Viewing Estimates On This Page Include DVR Playback On The Same Day, Defined As 3AM-3AM | |||||||
