Sunday’s Numbers
By fred | May 19, 2008
Last Sunday was a Sunday of finale, reruns, and Country Music. And the winner is… the housewives ! The two-hour finale put ABC on top of the night, winner in total viewers as well as on the demo, where it was way ahead of any competition.
At 8.00 CBS actually had the lead with the Academy of Country Music Awards and 11.4 million viewers, only 200 000 more viewers than for Extreme Makeover, which did much better on the demo (3.8 vs 2.7) For their season finale The Simpsons did pretty much as last week, with 6.1 million viewers and 2.9 on the demo. King Of The Hill had a little bump, to 5.4 million viewers and 2.6 on the demo.
Meanwhile on The CW Everybody Hates Chris had 200 000 more viewers than a week ago, while for its last episode ever Aliens In America only had 1.2 million viewers and 0.5 on the demo. On NBC it was the return of reruns of The Office, doing a little better than last week with 2.8 million viewer and 1.2 on the demo.
At 9.00 Desperate Housewives was having its finale, and 1.3 million more viewers tuned in than last week. A pretty good start, and even more people tuned in for the last hour at 10.00 (and the final half-hour in fact) with 17 million viewers and a 6.3 on the demo. I guess quite a few people only want to give the show a very last chance before giving up… and I still haven’t watched the episode so I won’t comment.
Meanwhile on Fox American Dad ended its season beaten by a rerun of Family Guy, because even a rerun Family Guy always does better. Meanwhile on CBS Academy of Country Music Awards had one more million viewers, before loosing then at 10.00
All numbers of the night :
| Sunday, May 18th | ||
| Show | Network | Viewers (18-49) |
| 8.00 | ||
| Academy of Country Music Awards | CBS | 11.4 M (2.7) |
| Extreme Makeover | ABC | 11.2 M (3.8) |
| The Simpsons | Fox | 6.1 M (2.9) |
| King Of The Hill [8.30] | Fox | 5.4 M (2.6) |
| The Office (R) | NBC | 2.8 M (1.0) |
| The Office [8.30] (R) | NBC | 2.7 M (1.3) |
| Everybody Hates Chris | The CW | 1.4 M (0.5) |
| Aliens In America [8.30] | The CW | 1.2 M (0.5) |
| 9.00 | ||
| Desperate Housewives | ABC | 16.5 M (6.0) |
| Academy of Country Music Awards | CBS | 12.4 M (3.1) |
| Family Guy (R) | Fox | 6.2 M (3.0) |
| America Dad | Fox | 5.6 M (2.7) |
| The Office [9.30] (R) | NBC | 3.2 M (1.6) |
| The Office (R) | NBC | 2.8 M (1.4) |
| The Game | The CW | 1.6 M (0.8) |
| Girlfriends [9.30] (R) | The CW | 1.1 M (0.5) |
| 10.00 | ||
| Desperate Housewives | ABC | 17.0 M (6.3) |
| Academy of Country Music Awards | CBS | 11.3 M (3.1) |
| Law & Order: SVU (R) | NBC | 4.7 M (1.6) |
| Global | Adults 18-49 | ||
| ABC | 13.1 M | ABC | 4.7 |
| CBS | 11.4 M | CBS | 2.6 |
| Fox | 5.0 M | Fox | 2.4 |
| NBC | 3.7 M | NBC | 1.3 |
| The CW | 1.3 M | The CW | 0.5 |
Posted in Numbers/Ratings
Shows: Aliens In America, American Dad, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, King Of The Hill, The Game, The Simpsons
