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RATINGS RECAP: 10/17/10

ABC
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
Viewers: 6.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
8:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Viewers: 8.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3
9:00 Desperate Housewives
Viewers: 12.7 million, 18-49 demo: 3.9
10:00 Brothers & Sisters
Viewers: 8.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6

CBS
7:00 60 Minutes
Viewers: 12.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
8:00 The Amazing Race
Viewers: 10.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.5
9:00 Undercover Boss
Viewers: 12.4 million, 18-49 demo: 3.6
10:00 CSI: Miami
Viewers: 10.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7

NBC
7:00 Football Night in America
Viewers: 6.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5
7:56 Football Night in America Part 2
Viewers: 10.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.9
8:22 NFL Pregame
Viewers: 14.1 million, 18-49 demo: 5.2
8:30 Sunday Night Football
Viewers: 19.1 million, 18-49 demo: 7.4

FOX
7:00 NFL Overrun
Viewers: 26.0 million, 18-49 demo: 9.5
7:10 The OT
Viewers: 11.3 million, 18-49 demo: 4.3
8:00 MLB Pregame
Viewers: 8.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8
8:15 MLB NLCS Playoffs
Viewers: 8.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7

The final night of Week 4 of the season was a busy one with competition from Sunday Night Football and MLB Playoffs. ABC started things off as usual with America's Funniest Home Videos which was up some in viewers and the demo, but still doesn't have very good numbers. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition followed and was up in viewers and even in the demo. Desperate Housewives was up three tenths in viewers and steady in the demo and remains a strong demo performer. Brothers & Sisters was the only ABC show to drop as it dropped a tenth in both viewers and the demo. ABC should try a new show or a relocated show here (Castle?) for a bit in the spring. 

CBS did not have an NFL overrun this week except in regional coverage so 60 Minutes was able to start on time in most places but was down heavily from last week's NFL overrun-fueled edition. The demo was down a huge 59% from last week. The Amazing Race followed and was also down some - over a million viewers and three tenths in the demo. This show is slightly lower when it's at 8pm but still a solid performer. Undercover Boss was next and despite the 9pm start time was only even in viewers and down a tenth in the demo, which is surprising. CSI: Miami did not have to run until midnight and was up over a million viewers but was also even in the demo which is surprising and probably disappointing for CBS as it should do better at 10pm than 11pm.

NBC and FOX had dueling sports with Sunday Night Football the clear winner. The Colts-Redskins game was up a lot in viewers from last week's ho-hum matchup and without a long NFL overrun, Football Night in America was up as well. FOX had good numbers for The OT but its baseball coverage was not much stronger than its usual animated lineup.
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