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[07/01/13 - 08:25 AM]
Sunday's Broadcast Ratings: CBS, "Big Brother" Top Tight Demo Race
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

nielsen ratings
(fast national numbers for sunday, june 30, 2013)

Here are the highlights of the 17 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night:

CBS (5.551 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.1, #1) was the top draw on Sunday thanks to its lineup of "60 Minutes" (7.098 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T8), "Big Brother 15" (5.780 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.7, #1), "Under the Dome" (5.121 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.1, #4) and "The Mentalist" (4.203 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T12).

FOX (2.344 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.0, #2) then was a close second place with its repeat mix of "The Cleveland Show" (1.505 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T16), "The Simpsons" (1.749 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T14), another "The Simpsons" (2.481 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T5), "Bob's Burgers" (2.258 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T8), "Family Guy" (3.171 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 1.4, #2) and "American Dad" (2.898 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 1.3, #3).

Next up was ABC (3.472 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.9, #3) with a repeat of "America's Funniest Home Videos" (4.623 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T8) followed by originals from "Celebrity Wife Swap" (3.222 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T5) and "Whodunnit?" (3.200 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T5) plus a rebroadcast of "Castle" (2.844 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T16).

And finally, encores of "America's Got Talent" (3.513 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T12) and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (3.789 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T8) led into a new "Crossing Lines" (3.724 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T14) on NBC (3.635 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.8, #4).

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
-12.50% - Crossing Lines
-23.08% - Celebrity Wife Swap
-23.08% - Whodunnit?

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+142.86% - Big Brother 15 (vs. Hawaii Five-0 (Repeat))
-9.09% - Celebrity Wife Swap (vs. Secret Millionaire)
-16.67% - Whodunnit? (vs. Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition)
-78.13% - Crossing Lines (vs. U.S. Olympic Team Trials: Gymnastics Women's Final)


Here are the highlights of the 16 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks one year ago (7/1/12):

NBC (8.28 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.5, #1) was the network to beat for the third consecutive night with its coverage of the "U.S. Olympic Team Trials: Track & Field Finals" (5.62 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.4, #T3), "U.S. Olympic Team Trials: Swimming Finals" (7.74 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.1, #2) and "U.S. Olympic Team Trials: Gymnastics Women's Final" (9.87 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.2, #1).

ABC (4.50 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.2, #2) then claimed a distant second place with a repeat of "America's Funniest Home Videos" (5.11 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T9) followed by new episodes of "Secret Millionaire" (4.98 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T9) and "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition" (3.95 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T7).

Next up was FOX (2.53 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.1, #3) and its all-repeat lineup of "American Dad" (1.68 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T13), "The Cleveland Show" (1.84 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.8, #12), "The Simpsons" (3.08 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 1.4, #T3), "Bob's Burgers" (2.45 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 1.2, #T7), "Family Guy" (3.11 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 1.4, #T3) and another "American Dad" (3.02 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 1.4, #T3).

And finally, a new "60 Minutes" (8.25 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T9) and repeats of "Hawaii Five-0" (4.55 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T13), "The Good Wife" (3.88 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #16) and "The Mentalist" (4.27 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T13) on CBS (5.24 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.8, #4) closed out the evening.

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+16.67% - U.S. Olympic Team Trials: Track & Field Finals
+10.00% - 60 Minutes
-20.00% - Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (vs. 6/10/12)
-26.67% - Secret Millionaire (vs. 6/10/12)

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+178.26% - U.S. Olympic Team Trials: Gymnastics Women's Final (vs. America's Got Talent (Repeat)/The Marriage Ref)
+162.50% - U.S. Olympic Team Trials: Swimming Finals (vs. America's Got Talent (Repeat))
+100.00% - U.S. Olympic Team Trials: Track & Field Finals (vs. Dateline NBC)
84.62% - Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (vs. Castle (Repeat)/Body of Proof (Repeat))
37.50% - 60 Minutes
37.50% - Secret Millionaire (vs. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Repeat))

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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