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| Total Viewers (million) | 7.84 | 7.24 | 5.28 | 3.79 | 0.75 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 1.5/4 | 2.1/6 | 1.6/5 | 1.7/5 | 0.3/1 |
CBS pulled in the viewership win with 60 Minutes (which was also the night’s top viewership show at 8.88 million), Million Dollar Password and repeats of Cold Case and Criminal Minds, but as usual the demo viewers stayed away and it finished fourth for adults 18-49. NBC took the nightly demo win with the combination of Dateline NBC and more Summer Olympics Trials. Fox’s repeat of Family Guy had the best demo performance of the night with a 2.6/7, and, as usual, the Fox animated line up over delivered for adults 18-49 to finish second.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers Live+SD (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share |
| 7:00 | CBS | 60 Minutes | 8.88 | 1.3/4 |
| NBC | 2008 Summer Olympics Trials (7-9p) | 6.24 | 1.9/7 | |
| ABC | America’s Funniest Home Videos (repeat) | 5.52 | 1.5/5 | |
| FOX | Don’t Forget The Lyrics (repeat) | 2.30 | 0.8/3 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill (repeat) | 0.68 | 0.3/1 | |
| 8:00 | CBS | Million Dollar Password | 8.29 | 1.5/5 |
| ABC | Extreme Makeover Home Ed. x2 (repeat) (8-10p) | 6.21 | 1.9/6 | |
| FOX | Simpsons x2 (repeat) | 4.10 | 1.9/6 | |
| CW | Everybody Hates Chris (repeat) | 0.70 | 0.2/1 | |
| 8:30 | CW | Aliens in American (repeat) | 0.68 | 0.2/1 |
| 9:00 | NBC | Dateline NBC (9-11p) | 8.23 | 2.3/6 |
| CBS | Cold Case (repeat) | 7.29 | 1.6/4 | |
| FOX | Family Guy (repeat) | 5.42 | 2.6/7 | |
| CW | The Game (repeat) | 0.88 | 0.4/1 | |
| 9:30 | Fox | American Dad (repeat) | 4.48 | 2.2/6 |
| CW | Girlfriends (repeat) | 0.87 | 0.4/1 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | Criminal Minds (repeat) | 6.89 | 1.7/5 |
| ABC | Desperate Housewives (repeat) | 3.19 | 1.1/3 |
Nielsen Ratings Source: Nielsen Media Research. Full night’s results available via Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
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Password took quite a drop. Apparently it shares more of an audience with Extreme Makeover than basketball?
Indeed, that was a drop of 1M viewers for Password, lots more than a bit of attrition.
Actually, I think the .5 drop in the demo is worse than the 1 mill drop in viewers.
Family Guy repeat and Dateline with the best demos of the night. Is it Fall yet?