nielsen ratings
(fast national numbers for sunday, november 15, 2009)

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Here are the highlights of the 18 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night:

NBC (17.52 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 6.5, #1) held off the competition on Sunday thanks to its "Sunday Night Football" (19.85 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 7.5, #2) coverage. Kicking off the night were its pre-game specials "Football Night in America #1" (6.50 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 2.3, #4), "Football Night in America #2" (8.24 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 3.0, #12) and "Football Night in America #3" (15.18 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 5.3, #3).

FOX (10.89 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 4.6, #2) then claimed the silver with its mix of "NFL Overrun" (22.04 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 8.0, #1), "The OT" (12.97 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 5.1, #4), "The Simpsons" (9.04 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 4.2, #6), "The Cleveland Show" (7.01 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 3.3, #9), "Family Guy" (8.28 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 4.1, #7) and "American Dad" (5.99 million viewers, #18; adults 18-49: 2.9, #13).

Next up was ABC (11.15 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 3.5, #3) with its veteran lineup of "America's Funniest Home Videos" (8.48 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 2.2, #T15), "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (11.58 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 3.6, #8), "Desperate Housewives" (14.35 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 4.9, #5) and "Brothers & Sisters" (10.17 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 3.2, #T10).

And finally, new episodes of "60 Minutes" (12.26 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 2.2, #T15), "The Amazing Race 15" (11.64 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 3.2, #T10), "Three Rivers" (8.45 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 2.0, #18) and "Cold Case" (9.24 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 2.1, #17) on CBS (10.40 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 2.3, #4) rounded out the evening.

Here are the highlights of the 22 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks one year ago (11/16/08):

NBC (households: 9.1/14, #2; adults 18-49: 5.8, #1) was the network to beat on Sunday thanks to its mix of "Football Night in America #1" (households: 3.9/6, #17, half-hour: N/A; adults 18-49: 2.0, #18, half-hour: N/A), "Football Night in America #2" (households: 5.4/8, #11, half-hour: N/A; adults 18-49: 3.3, #11, half-hour: N/A), "Football Night in America #3" (households: 7.0/10, #7, half-hour: N/A; adults 18-49: 4.5, #5, half-hour: N/A) and "Sunday Night Football" (households: 10.3/16, #3, half-hour: -2.91%; adults 18-49: 6.5, #2, half-hour: -3.03%).

Second place then went to CBS (households: 10.2/16, #1; adults 18-49: 4.4, #2) with its combination of "NFL Overrun" (households: 15.5/25, #1, half-hour: N/A; adults 18-49: 7.7, #1, half-hour: N/A), "60 Minutes" (households: 14.7/23, #2, half-hour: -5.30%; adults 18-49: 6.4, #3, half-hour: -3.08%), "The Amazing Race 13" (households: 7.4/11, #6, half-hour: 2.74%; adults 18-49: 3.4, #10, half-hour: -13.89%), "Cold Case" (households: 7.8/12, #5, half-hour: 9.46%; adults 18-49: 2.9, #14, half-hour: 19.23%) and "The Unit" (households: 6.3/11, #T9, half-hour: N/A; adults 18-49: 2.5, #15, half-hour: N/A).

Next up was ABC (households: 6.9/11, #3; adults 18-49: 3.9, #3) with a full hour of "NASCAR Overrun" (households: 4.3/7, #14, half-hour: -31.37%; adults 18-49: 2.4, #T16, half-hour: -32.14%) followed by new episodes of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (households: 6.3/10, #T9, half-hour: 37.74%; adults 18-49: 3.5, #9, half-hour: 37.93%), "Desperate Housewives" (households: 10.2/15, #4, half-hour: 4.00%; adults 18-49: 6.2, #4, half-hour: 8.47%) and "Brothers & Sisters" (households: 6.8/11, #8, half-hour: -2.90%; adults 18-49: 3.7, #8, half-hour: -10.26%).

Meanwhile, FOX (households: 3.8/6, #4; adults 18-49: 3.1, #4) served up repeats of "King of the Hill" (households: 2.3/4, #19, half-hour: N/A; adults 18-49: 1.5, #19, half-hour: N/A) and "The Simpsons" (households: 3.1/5, #18, half-hour: N/A; adults 18-49: 2.4, #T16, half-hour: N/A) followed by new episodes of "The Simpsons" (households: 4.7/7, #13, half-hour: N/A; adults 18-49: 3.9, #7, half-hour: N/A), "King of the Hill" (households: 4.0/6, #T15, half-hour: N/A; adults 18-49: 3.2, #T12, half-hour: N/A), "Family Guy" (households: 4.9/7, #12, half-hour: N/A; adults 18-49: 4.2, #6, half-hour: N/A) and "American Dad" (households: 4.0/6, #T15, half-hour: N/A; adults 18-49: 3.2, #T12, half-hour: N/A).

And finally, repeats of "In Harm's Way" (households: 0.5/1, #20, half-hour: 0.00%; adults 18-49: 0.3, #20, half-hour: 50.00%), "Valentine" (households: 0.4/1, #T21, half-hour: -25.00%; adults 18-49: 0.2, #21, half-hour: 0.00%) and "Easy Money" (households: 0.4/1, #T21, half-hour: 33.33%; adults 18-49: 0.1, #22, half-hour: 0.00%) on The CW (households: 0.4/1, #5; adults 18-49: 0.2, #5) rounded out the night.

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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