RATINGS RECAP: 10/24/10

ABC
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
Viewers: 7.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
8:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Viewers: 9.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4
9:00 Desperate Housewives
Viewers: 12.2 million, 18-49 demo: 3.9
10:00 Brothers & Sisters
Viewers: 8.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5

CBS
7:00 NFL Overrun
Viewers: 21.9 million, 18-49 demo: 7.8
7:17 60 Minutes
Viewers: 15.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4
8:17 The Amazing Race
Viewers: 11.4 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4
9:17 Undercover Boss
Viewers: 12.0 million, 18-49 demo: 3.5
10:17 CSI: Miami
Viewers: 10.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5

NBC
7:00 Football Night in America
Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2
7:57 Football Night in America Part 2
Viewers: 13.7 million, 18-49 demo: 4.9
8:22 NFL Pregame
Viewers: 19.3 million, 18-49 demo: 6.9
8:31 Sunday Night Football
Viewers: 25.7 million, 18-49 demo: 9.8

FOX
7:00 The Cleveland Show (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
7:30 The Cleveland Show (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
8:00 The Simpsons (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
8:30 American Dad! (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
9:00 Family Guy (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
9:30 American Dad! (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 

ABC had a pretty normal Sunday night to wrap up Week 5. America's Funniest Home Videos was up some in viewers and even in the demo while Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was up slightly in both. Both series hit a season high in total viewers. Desperate Housewives followed and was down half a million viewers and even in the demo. Finally, Brothers & Sisters, which was just given a full season order, was down some in viewers and a tenth in the demo for a season low. Will ABC sample a new drama here in the spring? They should! 

CBS got off to a good start with NFL overrun dominating for the first 17 minutes. As usual, this aided 60 Minutes which was up sharply from last week when there was no NFL overrun. Minutes hit a season high in viewers and was up more than a full demo point from last week. The Amazing Race followed and was up half a million viewers but down a tenth in the demo which is disappointing but it had more direct competition with a big NFL game. Undercover Boss was down a bit in viewers and a tenth in the demo, hitting a demo season low. Will this start to fade a bit as the novelty wears off? Finally, CSI: Miami was down nearly a million viewers and two tenths in the demo, hitting a season low there. The demo was lower than two weeks ago when the show started at 11pm because of overrun, which has to be disappointing for CBS.

Sunday Night Football for NBC was absolutely dominating thanks to the second annual Brett Favre return to Lambeau. It was up over 6 million viewers and two full demo points from last week's Colts-Redskins game. FOX did not get a Game 7 for the NLCS Playoffs and instead aired repeats of their animated lineup which was low-rated, the high point being a Family Guy rerun notching a 2 in the demo.