RATINGS RECAP: 10/3/10

ABC
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
Viewers: 7.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
8:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Viewers: 8.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
9:00 Desperate Housewives
Viewers: 13.2 million, 18-49 demo: 4.4
10:00 Brothers & Sisters
Viewers: 9.2 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0

CBS
7:00 60 Minutes
Viewers: 12.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
8:00 The Amazing Race
Viewers: 10.7 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4
9:00 Undercover Boss
Viewers: 13.4 million, 18-49 demo: 4.0
10:00 CSI: Miami
Viewers: 11.7 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2

NBC
7:00 Football Night in America
Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
7:56 Football Night in America Part 2 
Viewers: 10.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.9
8:20 NFL Pregame
Viewers: 15.8 million, 18-49 demo: 5.6
8:30 Sunday Night Football
Viewers: 20.9 million, 18-49 demo: 8.0

FOX
7:00 NFL Overrun
Viewers: 23.1 million, 18-49 demo: 9.0
7:23 The OT
Viewers: 11.9 million, 18-49 demo: 5.0
8:00 The Simpsons
Viewers: 8.6 million, 18-49 demo: 4.2
8:30 The Cleveland Show
Viewers: 6.7 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1
9:00 Family Guy
Viewers: 8.0 million, 18-49 demo: 4.0
9:30 American Dad!
Viewers: 6.2 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0

The second season of Sunday had three season premieres and generally strong numbers across the board. ABC had a soft start with America's Funniest Home Videos which registered just over 7 million viewers and just below a 2 in the demo. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition followed and built on its season premiere slightly, but the show is still showing its age. Desperate Housewives also built on its season premiere by .1 million viewers and the demo, which is a good sign. Brothers & Sisters rose a hair in the demo but was the only show on ABC down in total viewers. All in all, a steady night for ABC.

Over on CBS, the night actually started on time - a rarity during the NFL season. 60 Minutes was down from its premiere and a demo weakling but remains a solid total viewer show even though it's been around over 40 years. The Amazing Race was down from its premiere last night but Undercover Boss showed substantial growth. This show is still a very strong Sunday night performer even with football to compete with. CBS closed out the night with the season premiere of the relocated CSI: Miami. While its numbers were down from last year, it clearly showed an improvement on Sunday nights from last fall. The tandem of Undercover and Miami is way stronger than last fall's Three Rivers and Cold Case.

NBC was tops in everything again as a game between two big market teams showed growth from last week (even though it was a sucky game). FOX was bolstered at 7pm by NFL overrun and the highly rated The OT. The Simpsons managed to build on its premiere thanks to the better lead-in and was FOX's highest rated show and best demo performer. The Cleveland Show was even in viewers and up a hair in the demo but Family Guy was down quite a bit from last week's hour-long premiere. American Dad! had its season premiere at 9:30pm and was down a lot from Family Guy. It is clearly the weak link in the night.