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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 1.5/5 | 1.3/4 | 0.9/3 | 0.9/3 | 0.7/2 | 0.3/1 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 1.6/6 | 0.8/3 | 0.6/2 | 0.6/2 | 0.8/3 | 0.2/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 3.097 | 6.559 | 4.103 | 3.511 | 1.647 | 0.907 |
Due to a golf overrun until 7:12p, Fast Nationals for CBS are approximate. In the 7p hour, the golf overrun and 60 Minutes posted a 1.0/4. At 8p, 60 Minutes and the Big Brother Sunday premiere delivered a 2.0/7 (down from Thursday’s debut, 2.3/8), at 9p Big Brother and a repeat Cold Case posted a 1.1/3 and in the 10p hour, repeats of Cold Case and Without a Trace posted a 1.1/3.
Big Brother slipped a bit from its debut, but was by far the strongest new show on Sunday night, while animated repeats helped Fox win the night overall.
NBC’s pitiful Merlin fell another tick, down to just a 0.9 adults 18-49 demo rating. The debut of the Meteor mini-series scored only a 1.1 demo rating, poor by any standard, but that was 22% better than Merlin!
You can see TV ratings from other recent Overnight ratings reports here.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | 18-34 Rating | 18-34 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 7:00 | ABC | America’s Funniest Home Videos (repeat) | 1.0 | 4 | 0.8 | 4 | 4.641 |
| CBS | Golf/60 Minutes | 0.8 | 3 | 0.5 | 2 | 6.970 | |
| NBC | Great American Road Trip (repeat) | 0.7 | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 2.840 | |
| FOX | Til Death (repeat) | 0.6 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.401 | |
| CW | Valentine (repeat) | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.647 | |
| 7:30 | CBS | 60 Minutes | 1.2 | 4 | 0.6 | 3 | 8.814 |
| ABC | Just for Laughs | 1.1 | 4 | 0.8 | 3 | 4.397 | |
| FOX | American Dad (repeat) | 0.8 | 3 | 0.9 | 4 | 1.842 | |
| NBC | Great American Road Trip (repeat) | 0.7 | 3 | 0.5 | 2 | 2.538 | |
| CW | Valentine (repeat) | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.533 | |
| 8:00 | CBS | 60 Minutes/Big Brother 11 | 1.9 | 7 | 1.3 | 5 | 7.399 |
| FOX | The Simpsons (repeat) | 1.8 | 6 | 2.0 | 8 | 3.748 | |
| ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (repeat) | 1.1 | 4 | 0.7 | 3 | 4.439 | |
| NBC | Merlin | 0.9 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 3.430 | |
| CW | Hoosiers (movie) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.985 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Big Brother 11 | 2.0 | 6 | 1.6 | 6 | 6.122 |
| FOX | King of the Hill (repeat) | 1.5 | 5 | 1.7 | 6 | 3.142 | |
| ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (repeat) | 1.4 | 5 | 0.9 | 3 | 5.541 | |
| NBC | Merlin | 0.9 | 3 | 0.7 | 2 | 3.864 | |
| CW | Hoosiers (movie) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 1.022 | |
| 9:00 | FOX | Family Guy (repeat) | 2.1 | 6 | 2.5 | 8 | 4.441 |
| CBS | Big Brother/Cold Case (repeat) | 1.2 | 4 | 0.7 | 2 | 5.750 | |
| NBC | Meteor (mini-series, premiere) | 0.9 | 3 | 0.5 | 2 | 4.401 | |
| ABC | Desperate Housewives (repeat) | 0.7 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 2.547 | |
| CW | Hoosiers (movie) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 1.086 | |
| 9:30 | FOX | The Simpsons (repeat) | 1.9 | 5 | 2.2 | 7 | 4.009 |
| CBS | Cold Case (repeat) | 1.1 | 3 | 0.6 | 2 | 5.493 | |
| NBC | Meteor (premiere) | 1.1 | 3 | 0.5 | 2 | 4.934 | |
| ABC | Desperate Housewives (repeat) | 0.7 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 2.409 | |
| CW | Hoosiers (movie) | 0.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 1.168 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | Cold Case/Without A Trace (repeat) | 1.2 | 3 | 0.7 | 2 | 6.080 |
| NBC | Meteor (premiere) | 1.1 | 3 | 0.5 | 2 | 5.138 | |
| ABC | Brothers & Sisters (repeat) | 0.5 | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 2.010 | |
| 10:30 | NBC | Meteor (premiere) | 1.3 | 4 | 0.6 | 2 | 5.677 |
| CBS | Without A Trace (repeat) | 1.1 | 3 | 0.6 | 2 | 5.847 | |
| ABC | Brothers & Sisters (repeat) | 0.6 | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 2.105 |
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Shows are sorted by 18-49 rating in each time slot.
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Definitions:
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Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs which are currently in approximately 24.4% of all U.S. TV households. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
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I just read an article that the past 3 weeks were the LOWEST rated in the history of broadcast television
….now I can see why.
Eek!
The fact that a repeat of Family Guy got better numbers than a new BB really says something….is gonna be a longggggggggggggg summerrrrr!
Meteor was pretty boring.
Family Guy was the hilarious Lauren Conrad episode. “Thank you, Lauren!”
Meteor did well at the very end.
A couple of Sundays ago, ABC disaster themed mini-series Impact got 4,8 million/1.2 in Part I and 4,4 million/1.1 in Part II.
Meteor is a bit higher in total viewers, but about the same in the 18-49 demo.
However the numbers are not much different.
ABC could order new episodes of Wipeout (probably Couples Edition) for Sundays @ 9:00 if they wanted to. They could also put Primetime: What Would You Do? at 10:00.
This is kind of off topic but,
While watching CBS, during each show I see about 4-5 commercials promoting their new fall shows. While watching NBC I see about 1-2 commercials promoting their new shows. However, I have NOT seen one ABC commercial promoting a new fall show except the little 10 second Flash Forward commercial I have seen twice!
Am I wrong or is there no ABC promo commercials out for their fall shows??
The 1979 version of Meteor with Sean Connery, Martin Landau, Henry Fonda and Karl Malden was cheesier and more entertaining. With this one, featuring George Costanza standing around Meteor HQ, babbling about nuclear weapons and trajectories, I kept expect Jerry, Elaine and Kramer to show up, with Jerry saying “Hey George, since we are all going to die anyway, let go down to Monk’s for a final meal. ”
The only good part was when that girl took a fire extinguisher and bashed in the skull of the Mexican rapist cop and then blew away the other deputy. That was totally hard core.
The fate of our world relies on Doc Brown and Costanza? We’re doomed.
Forgot about Doc Brown, why doesnt he hop into his DeLorean time machine and use his flux capacitor to go back in time and warn himself that a 2 piece meteor will strike the Earth in 2009?
Its interesting to see MERLIN fail so terribly on NBC. In Australia, it is quite the hit for Channel 10…
USA Today gave “Meteor” a pretty scathing 1-star review. So I thought to myself, “How bad could it possibly be?” Well, as it turns out, GLARINGLY bad. EMBARRASSINGLY bad. SO bad, in fact, that it made me downright ANGRY that one of the venerable “Big Three” broadcast networks would actually air it … and in this era of Reality TV, that’s really saying something.
There was absolutely nothing remotely redeeming about “Meteor.” The acting and direction were both about as awful as it gets. The special effects were cheap, and there was absolutely no attempt made at scientific accuracy. Bad enough for you? Well, how about that SCRIPT? According to USA Today, the screenwriter for “Meteor” was one Alex Greenfield, whose last major writing credit was for “WWF Smackdown,” if you can believe that. And BOY, did it show. The script for this film was so laughably, eye-rollingly BAD that for the first time in my life I felt geniunely ashamed of myself for tuning in to watch a TV program.
What could NBC possibly have been thinking in airing this? My guess is the only thing that mattered was the advertising revenue. Some corporate suit probably said, “It doesn’t matter if the program is bad. What only matters is that we make more money off it than we invested.” Are these the depths to which network television has sunk? If so, and especially if next Sunday’s conclusion to this execrable film draws similar ratings, I see absolutely NO hope for human civilization.
I think this is either the first or second CW Sunday Night Movie that has gotten close to or over a million viewers…YEEHAW!
“There was absolutely nothing remotely redeeming about “Meteor.””
Marla Sokoloff? The other 99% of the movie was complete garbage. With a decent cast I’m shocked at how horrible it was. I was hoping Jacob Carter had a ship off-camera to escape from that mess.
Merlin isnt doing that bad for a summer show is it?
I think there is alot more on tv … better cable shows and more channels to watch.
Could be a culture thing too … its a british legend americans just not very interested in.
Well, I’m done with Merlin now that Big Brother is back, and based on the ratings it looks like everyone else felt the same way. How dumb is NBC? Why would they air Merlin opposite the one other show that’s airing new episodes? Why don’t they move Merlin to 9:00? Since everything else was in reruns I just watched Big Brother and shut off the TV afterwards.
“I think this is either the first or second CW Sunday Night Movie that has gotten close to or over a million viewers…YEEHAW!”
The CW Sunday Night Movie has been over 1 million viewers numerous times.
“While watching CBS, during each show I see about 4-5 commercials promoting their new fall shows. While watching NBC I see about 1-2 commercials promoting their new shows. However, I have NOT seen one ABC commercial promoting a new fall show except the little 10 second Flash Forward commercial I have seen twice!”
Good point. Perhaps ABC is going to use Who Wants to Be a Millionaire to air all of their fall show ads. However, thats only one month of promotion. CBS is by far doing the best job.
Merlin is a family show .. if they move it at all it would be to 7…
I assume.
Its a shame Merlin isn’t doin well i like it. Clearly fellow americans don’t like stuff based on british culture. Dang!
Personally, I think Merlin would do FAR better if it jived with what most people know of Arthur-ian Legend
It’s so far off base that it’s truly unsettling. It’s like reading a bad prequel to a good book.
RJ, ur right! everytime i watch something on CBS they are promoting their fall shows and ABC all i seen was Flash Forward, Modern Family, and Cougar Town. They definitely have to do more promoting if they want their shows to do good
If I remember right, Valentine was actually new on the CW last night and will be for the next week as well and new episodes of Easy Money for the next four weeks after to burn off all the episodes from MRC.
I notice you put repeat the past two Sundays. Was I misinformed?
Valentine was new. How come it never gets corrected?
Don, was traveling today. It’s corrected now, and you may sleep in peace.
Jesse, the point of Merlin is to make an entertaining series, not teach accurate Arthurian folklore. It’s like I’ve said from day one – just let loose and enjoy the show and you’ll like it, which is why it’s so successful abroad. If you keep worrying about how wrong it all is and picking it apart, you won’t like it. Were Sam Raimi’s extremely successful series Hercules TLJ and Xena: Warrior Princess all made exactly according to Greek myths? Heck no. But people still loved them because they were fun to watch.
As for Meteor, how many more ridiculous Armageddon rip off movies do we need? Someone at Hollywood has been watching way too many Roland Emmerich films.
It’s a shame you guys haven’t taken to Merlin. It’s a great show and builds towards a great finale, setting the way for darker season 2 which will explore a certain characters betrayal of the royal family (I wont spoil it, but it is part of the folklore). It is a family show, and would work better at a time when all the family can watch. I just hope you get to watch season 2 over there, we’re getting it soon in the UK.
True Blood series-high 3.9 million viewers. Hung, 3.6 million viewers, Entourage 3.4 million viewers
Valentine? Does it really matter if its a repeat or not? It died of heart failure several months ago. Its now just a zombie show used by CW to avoid putting up a test pattern – or more Jericho.
Why do you keep dumping on “Merlin”? NBC hasn’t done a thing with it, even though it has moved the network from fourth to (on average) second place in the night and has held consistently well. It gets more viewers than other genre/fantasy shows on basic cable (such as “Clone Wars” and “Battlestar Galactica,” when that was on) and has clearly established an audience. Yet NBC does NOTHING to promote it.
“Merlin” is a fun and entertaining series with great production values. It’s every bit as compelling to me as a “Harry Potter” movie.
If NBC actually promoted it, got its actors out there to do publicity, positioned Bradley Cooper and Colin Morgan as new stars, and put some EFFORT into this, maybe “Merlin” would do as well in the U.S. as it has done everywhere else in the world!
LMAO, JRW, I think you mean Bradley James, not Bradley Cooper.
Bradley Cooper=guy who was in Alias, Kitchen Confidential, Wedding Crashers, Hangover, and supposedly Aniston’s new boyfriend (but I digress).
Its funny to read the numerous comments on how “Merlin” is such a great family show, and that you typically hear within the same breathe by family groups and parent groups that there is “never anything family related on tv”. But now there is (Merlin) and the ratings are showing low to average numbers. This was the same problem with shows like “Joan of Arcadia” and “American Dreams” Good wholesome shows that got canceled because ratings were not there.