THE RUNDOWN: Saturday, October 16 & Sunday, October 17

SATURDAY

ABC

8:00 NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup

CBS

8:00 CSI NY #133 "Uncertainty Rules" (REPEAT)

9:00 The Mentalist #34 "Rose Colored Glasses" (REPEAT)

10:00 48 Hours Mystery

NBC

8:00 Outlaw #5 "In Re: Tracy Vidalin"

9:00 Law & Order: Los Angeles #3 "Harbor City" (REPEAT)

10:00 Law & Order: SVU #252 "Merchandise" (REPEAT)

FOX

8:00 MLB Playoffs: San Francisco at Philadelphia Game 1

 

SUNDAY

ABC

7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos

8:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

9:00 Desperate Housewives #138 "The Thing That Counts is What's Inside"

10:00 Brothers & Sisters #91 "A Righteous Kiss"

ABC has its usual Sunday night lineup which is good counter-programming to football and baseball. Expect numbers close to the same. ABC announced this week that Secret Millionaire will air for six weeks on Sundays at 8pm starting in March.

Prediction: AFHV – 6.0 million, 1.4/Home Edition – 7.9 million, 2.2/Housewives – 12.2 million, 3.8/Brothers – 8.7 million, 2.5

CBS

7:00 60 Minutes

8:00 The Amazing Race

9:00 Undercover Boss

10:00 CSI: Miami #194 "See No Evil"

CBS is hard to predict on Sundays due to NFL Overrun and this week they have to compete with both Sunday Night Football and baseball playoffs with teams from major markets like Philadelphia and Washington. There could be some decline even if they start closer to their intended time. CSI: Miami should be up though considering it ran until midnight last week.

Prediction: 60 Mins – 13.9 million, 3.0/Amazing – 11.1 million, 3.5/Boss – 12.4 million, 3.8/Miami – 10.2 million, 3.0

NBC

7:00 Football Night in America

8:30 Sunday Night Football: Indianapolis at Washington

The game is more intriguing and with higher profile teams than last week, but it is competing with MLB playoffs. I expect numbers slightly up from last week.

FOX
7:00 NFL Overrun
7:30 The OT
8:00 MLB Playoffs: San Francisco at Philadelphia Game 2 
FOX’s usual animation lineup is preempted this week for Game 2 of the Giants/Phillies series. Numbers should be well ahead of FOX’s typical Sunday but it will be competing with Sunday Night Football.