Nielsen Ratings Sunday, July 13: Slip Ups All Around

Scoreboard
Total Viewers (million)	6.41	5.05	4.78	3.47	0.74
Rating/Share: Adults 18-49	1.5/5	1.5/5	1.4/4	1.6/5	0.3/1

Another lightly viewed Sunday night saw CBS atop the viewership race with an average of only 6.41 million lead by 60 Minutes and the premiere of Big Brother 10 beating mostly rerun competition in their time slots.

Fox reruns, even weighed down by ‘Til Death, managed to win the adults 18-49 demo crown with a 1.6 rating / 5 share.

NBC suffered from a series of slip ups. Jim Cramer’s broadcast prime-time American Dream, was hardly dreamy [note the second half drop off below], and the Miss Universe pageant ratings look to be following their long term trend downwards, as Miss USA slipped again herself.

Full details:

Last Night’s Schedule:

Half-hourly results:

7:00 p.m.

ABC – America’s Funniest Home Videos (R)
Viewers: 5.69 million (#2), A18-49: 1.4/ 6 (#1)

CBS – 60 Minutes 
Viewers: 7.39 million (#1), A18-49: 1.0/ 4 (#2)

NBC – The American Dream with Jim Cramer
Viewers: 2.10 million (#4), A18-49: 0.5/ 2 (#4)

Fox – ‘Til Death (R)
Viewers: 1.93 million (#3), A18-49: 0.8/ 3 (#3)

CW – One Tree Hill (R)
Viewers: 631,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.3/ 1 (#5)

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7:30 p.m.

ABC – America’s Funniest Home Videos (R)
Viewers: 6.97 million (#2), A18-49: 1.9/ 7 (#1)

CBS – 60 Minutes 
Viewers: 8.51 million (#1), A18-49: 1.2/ 5 (#2)

NBC – The American Dream with Jim Cramer
Viewers: 1.34 million (#4), A18-49: 0.3/ 1 (#4)

Fox – ‘Til Death (R)
Viewers: 2.35 million (#3), A18-49: 1.0/ 4 (#3)

CW – One Tree Hill (R)
Viewers: 557,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.2/ 1 (#5)

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8:00 p.m.

ABC – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (R)
Viewers: 5.32 million (#2), A18-49: 1.6/ 5 (#2)

CBS – Big Brother 10 (season premiere)
Viewers: 6.56 million (#1), A18-49: 2.2/ 7 (#1)

NBC – America’s Got Talent (R)
Viewers: 3.88 million (#4), A18-49: 1.1/ 3 (#4)

Fox – The Simpsons (R)
Viewers: 3.98 million (#3), A18-49: 1.8/ 6 (#2)

CW – Everybody Hates Chris (R)
Viewers: 877,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.3/ 1 (#5)

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8:30 p.m.

ABC – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (R)
Viewers: 4.94 million (#2), A18-49: 1.5/ 5 (#3)

CBS – Big Brother 10 (season premiere)
Viewers: 6.02 million (#1), A18-49: 2.1/ 6 (#1)

NBC – America’s Got Talent (R)
Viewers: 4.72 million (#3), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#4)

Fox – King of the Hill (R)
Viewers: 3.85 million (#4), A18-49: 1.8/ 5 (#2)

CW – Aliens in America (R)
Viewers: 703,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.2/ 1 (#5)

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9:00 p.m.

ABC – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (R)
Viewers: 5.37 million (#2), A18-49: 1.7/ 5 (#2)

CBS – Cold Case (R)
Viewers: 5.53 million (#1), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#3)

NBC – Miss Universe 2008
Viewers: 5.16 million (#3), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#3)

Fox – Family Guy (R)
Viewers: 4.67 million (#4), A18-49: 2.2/ 6 (#1)

CW – The Game (R)
Viewers: 858,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.3/ 1 (#5)

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9:30 p.m.

ABC – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (R)
Viewers: 5.94 million (#1), A18-49: 1.9/ 5 (#1t)

CBS – Cold Case (R)
Viewers: 5.92 million (#3), A18-49: 1.4/ 4 (#4)

NBC – Miss Universe 2008
Viewers: 6.03 million (#1), A18-49: 1.8/ 5 (#3)

Fox – American Dad (R)
Viewers: 4.08 million (#4), A18-49: 1.9/ 5 (#1t)

CW – Girlfriends (R)
Viewers: 814,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.3/ 1 (#5)

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10:00 p.m.

ABC – Desperate Housewives (R)
Viewers: 3.12 million (#3), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#3)

CBS – Flashpoint (R)
Viewers: 5.66 million (#2), A18-49: 1.4/ 4 (#2)

NBC – Miss Universe 2008
Viewers: 7.14 million (#1), A18-49: 2.2/ 6 (#1)

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10:30 p.m.

ABC – Desperate Housewives (R)
Viewers: 3.05 million (#3), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#3)

CBS – Flashpoint (R)
Viewers: 5.73 million (#2), A18-49: 1.4/ 4 (#2)

NBC – Miss Universe 2008
Viewers: 7.89 million (#1), A18-49: 2.4/ 7 (#1)

Nielsen Ratings Source: Nielsen Media Research. Source Marc Berman/Mediaweek.

Definitions:

Overnights: Local metered-market ratings service of Nielsen Station Index (NSI) in which household ratings and shares are provided to clients the morning following the day or evening of telecast.

Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.

Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)

LIVE+SD: The number that watched a program either while it was broadcast OR watched via DVR on the same day [through 3AM the next day] the program was broadcast.

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