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RATINGS RECAP: 12/7/14

ABC
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
8:00 Once Upon a Time
Viewers: 6.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
9:00 Resurrection
Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
10:00 Revenge
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

CBS
7:00 60 Minutes
Viewers: 11.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
8:00 I Love Lucy Christmas Special
Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
9:00 The Mentalist
Viewers: 8.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
10:00 CSI
Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

NBC
7:00 Football Night in America
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
8:00 NFL Pregame
Viewers: 11.5 million, 18-49 demo: 3.7
8:30 Sunday Night Football
Viewers: 21.2 million, 18-49 demo: 7.1

FOX
7:00 NFL Overrun
Viewers: 26.0 million, 18-49 demo: 8.1
8:00 The Simpsons
Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9
8:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
9:00 Family Guy
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3
9:30 Bob's Burgers
Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

Sunday night had FOX with the NFL overrun. It wasn't as big as last week's mammoth overrun for CBS, but it was still pretty strong. The Simpsons followed at 8pm and was up huge from its last airing but down slightly from the last time it followed the NFL directly. At 8:30pm, Brooklyn Nine-Nine was up 1.2 million viewers and seven tenths in the demo. It was up nicely, but it could have been better consider the huge lead-in upgrade. At 9pm, Family Guy was down a tenth in viewers and up a tenth in the demo from its last episode three weeks ago. At 9:30pm, Bob's Burgers was up 1.2 million viewers and six tenths in the demo from last week's episode, which followed a Family Guy rerun. NBC had a Sunday night game between the Chargers and Patriots and it was pretty much on par with last week's game.

Despite less competition, ABC didn't rebound much. America's Funniest Home Videos was down a tenth in viewers and up a tenth in the demo at 7pm. The fall finale of Once Upon a Time followed and was down two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo for a season low. This leaves a sour note after a great fall for Once. It won't return until March 1. At 9pm, Resurrection was up three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. Revenge closed things out up half a million viewers and two tenths in the demo. At least it's doing better than Resurrection. As expected, CBS skewed very old. After 60 Minutes, the I Love Lucy Christmas Special aired. It did well in total viewers but skewed very old. Still, nine million viewers for a show that first aired in the 50s and has been aired millions of times is pretty darn impressive. This is a nice new tradition for CBS. It did, however, skew week two of The Mentalist quite old. The show dropped 2.2 million viewers and half a demo point from its season premiere last week. The demo is a series low. At 10pm, CSI was down four tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo, tying a series low. If CBS is going to cancel this show, they should give it the decency of announcing it ahead of time so the show can have a proper farewell. It has been such a good show to them for so long.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: The Simpsons (FOX)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: The Mentalist (CBS)

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