RATINGS RECAP: 2/27/11

ABC
7:00 Oscars Red Carpet Live
Viewers: 12.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7
7:27 Oscars Red Carpet Live Part 2
Viewers: 16.0 million, 18-49 demo: 3.9
8:00 Oscars Red Carpet Live Part 3
Viewers: 26.6 million, 18-49 demo: 7.3
8:30 83rd Annual Academy Awards
Viewers: 37.9 million, 18-49 demo: 11.8

CBS
7:00 60 Minutes
Viewers: 8.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
8:00 The Amazing Race
Viewers: 7.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
9:00 Undercover Boss (Repeat)
Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
10:00 CSI: Miami
Viewers: 8.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0

NBC
7:00 Dateline NBC (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
8:00 Minute to Win It (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
9:00 Minute to Win It (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
10:00 Minute to Win It (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

FOX
7:00 The Simpsons (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
7:30 American Dad! (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
8:00 The Simpsons (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
8:30 Bob's Burgers (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
9:00 Family Guy (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0

ABC crushed the competition on Sunday night with its Academy Awards. Though the broadcast did not follow recent award shows' upward trend, it still had a healthy number. Even with younger hosts and several potentials for upsets (though none occurred), it was down 3.7 million viewers and 2.1 demo points. CBS was the only network to really compete on Sunday night. 60 Minutes was down 3 million viewers but only two tenths in the demo, The Amazing Race was down 1.5 million viewers and four tenths in the demo. The most surprising part was that they chose to air a new CSI: Miami and it was down 2.3 million viewers but just two tenths in the demo. It's really not a bad performance to get a 2 in the demo against the Academy Awards so CBS should be fairly happy with its Sunday results. NBC and FOX didn't really compete but a repeat of Family Guy did garner a 2.0 demo, which is solid for a repeat against the Oscars.