RATINGS RECAP: 12/9/12

ABC 
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
8:00 Disney's Prep & Landing
Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
8:30 Prep & Landing: Naughty or Nice
Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
9:00 Movie: Christmas with Holly
Viewers: 7.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8

CBS
7:00 60 Minutes
Viewers: 11.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
8:00 The Amazing Race
Viewers: 9.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
10:00 The Mentalist
Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

NBC 
7:00 Football Night in America
Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
8:00 NFL Pregame
Viewers: 12.1 million, 18-49 demo: 4.0
8:30 Sunday Night Football
Viewers: 21.4 million, 18-49 demo: 7.8 

FOX
7:00 NFL Overrun/The OT
Viewers: 24.5 million, 18-49 demo: 8.3
8:00 The Simpsons
Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4
8:30 Bob's Burgers
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
9:00 Family Guy
Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8
9:30 American Dad!
Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 

On Sunday night, CBS was all new with less than stellar numbers. At 7pm, 60 Minutes was down 4.3 million viewers and 1.4 demo points from last week when it had a direct football lead-in. At 8pm, the two hour finale of The Amazing Race was actually DOWN from last week for its lowest finale ever. The competition was weaker than usual on ABC too so this is a really disappointing showing. I've said it before and I'll say it again - CBS should consider having The Amazing Race and Survivor share a timeslot with one cycle a year. NBC had a Packers-Lions game that delivered the best ratings in a month for the Sunday night game.

The only regular show on ABC's lineup was America's Funniest Home Videos which was down nine tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. Christmas specials and movies filled the rest of the night and did OK. Over on FOX, an NFL overrun powered The Simpsons and it was up from the last time it had an NFL lead-in. Bob's Burgers and American Dad were both up from last week when they followed repeats. Family Guy was slightly down from its last new airing.