'Amazing Race,' NBC 'Football' top Sunday ratings

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According to preliminary nationals from Nielsen, boston legal dvd the conclusion to the 15th edition of "Amazing Race" averaged a 3.7 rating/9 share in adults 18-49 and 12.3 million friends dvd box set viewers overall, jumping sharply in all demos from its "60 Minutes" lead-in (2.1/6 in 18-49, 11.8 million viewers overall) dexter dvd and drawing its largest overall audience of the season. Mash dvd box set "Race" finished second to football in the 8 o'clock hour and rose roughly 20% above the finale scores Golden Girls dvd for its previous two editions. CBS then drifted downward with dramas "Cold Case" in its new 9 p.m. disney 100 years of magic dvd box set timeslot (2.2/5 in 18-49, 9.7 million viewers overall) and a Cold Case dvd special repeat of "NCIS" at 10 p.m. (1.6/4 in 18-49, 7.3 million viewers overall).
NBC's "Sunday Night Football" matchup Gilmore Girls dvd between the Arizona Cardinals and Minnesota Vikings averaged a potent 6.8 rating/17 share in adults 18-49 House md dvd and 18.3 million viewers overall on the net's affiliates from 8:30 to 11 p.m., with final numbers expected to rise Scrubs dvd box set by about 10% in the nationals ?making it among the top five "SNF" games of the season. The Peacock dominated the Desperate Housewives dvd box set night as it has virtually every Sunday this fall.
At ABC, "Deperate Housewives" Criminal Minds dvd box set (4.8/11 in 18-49, 14.7 million viewers overall) was easily the top entertainment series of the night, disney 100 years of magic dvd box set rising about 10% week to week and matching its largest overall audience of the season. It was followed by "Brothers & Sisters" (3.7/9 in 18-49, Golden Girls dvd 10.9 million viewers overall), which delivered its best scores since March. Earlier in the night, one tree hill dvd box set "America's Funniest Home Videos" (2.0/5 in 18-49, 8.2 million viewers overall) and "Extreme Makeover: that 70s show 1-8 dvd Home Edition" (3.0/7 in 18-49, 10.3 million viewers overall) were in line with the previous week.
Fox started the night with an NFL overrun and postgame boston legal dvd show "The OT" (roughly 4.5/12 in 18-49, 11.1 million viewers overall from 7:30 to 8 p.m.) and then placed third at 8 p.m. friends dvd box set with the sports special "All State BCS Selection Show" (3.4/9 in 18-49, 8.6 million viewers overall). dexter dvd It was followed by repeats of animated comedies "The Simpsons" at 8:30 p.m. (2.6/6 in 18-49, 5.6 million viewers overall) Mash dvd box set and "Family Guy" (3.0/7 in 18-49, 6.1 million viewers overall) and "American Dad" (2.1/5 in 18-49, 4.4 million viewers overall) in their regular timeslots.
Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: Scrubs dvd box setNBC, 5.6/14; Fox, 3.9/10; ABC, 3.4/8; CBS, 2.4/6; Univision, 0.9/2.
In total viewers: NBC, 15.1 million; ABC, 11.0 million; CBS, 10.3 million; Fox, 9.4 million; Univision, 2.4 million.