TV Jots

8pm: ABC’s reality series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition flew out the gates, gaining 15.09 million viewers (5.3/13). It was closely trailed by NBC’s Sunday Night Football (14.43, 5.6/13). Fox’s cartoon combo of The Simpsons (10.57, 5.1/13) and King of the Hill (7.28, 3.7/9) and CBS’ The Amazing Race (10.48, 3.1/8) nearly tied, at least in total viewers. And, The CW rookie Life is Wild (1.35, 0.4/1) registered little more than a blip.

9pm: Desperate Housewives was the night’s most-watched program on both measures, winning 18.54 million viewers and a 7.2 rating/16 share. NBC’s football continued its strong showing, followed by CBS’ dependable crime procedural Cold Case (12.91, 3.0/7), Fox’s animated pair Family Guy (10.42, 5.4/12) and American Dad (7.93, 4.0/9), and The CW’s repeat of Americas Next Top Model (1.45, 0.6/1), which actually did better than the fresh installment of Life is Wild at 8pm.

10pm: NBC stayed steady, as did ABC’s Brothers & Sisters (12.53, 5.0/13) and CBS’s Shark (11.46, 2.6/7).

Overall: The Alphabet Network was the all around winner (13.21, 4.9/12). NBC was second in total viewers (12.64m), but tied ABC and Fox for the 18–49 demographic (4.9/12). CBS lagged behind at third on both counts (11.96, 2.8/7), just ahead of Fox’s total showing (11.96, 2.8/7) and way ahead of The CW’s (1.27m, 0.5/1).

November 2007 Sweeps: Day 12 Events

• CBS
  • CSI: MIAMI—Superman Dean Cain (Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) and 24‘s Leslie Hope (Teri Bauer) fly in to play a young murder victim’s parents. [10pm EST]
  • TWO AND A HALF MEN—Charlie Sheen‘s former Spin City colleague Richard Kind guest stars as Charlie’s new (and fleeting) mentor. [9pm EST]
• The CW
  • ALIENS IN AMERICA—Beloved Wonder Years alum Fred Savage directs this installment of The CW’s best but struggling new sitcom. [8:30pm EST]
  • GIRLFRIENDS—Grammy-wining soul singer Erykah Badu performs an original tune. [9pm EST]
  • THE GAME—Hip-hop’s Grammy-wining rapper Lil’ Kim stops by to play herself. [9:30pm EST]
• NBC
  • CHUCK—O.C. lovers get psyched! Tonight is the night that alumna Rachel Bilson arrives to possibly turn the title character on, in a feels-so-good way, of course. [8pm EST]
  • HEROES—As I said before, things are heating up at last on the under-fire superhero drama, especially during this flashback episode to “Four Months Ago.” It looks like patience will finally pay off as fans learn what happened after the Petrelli brothers flew up into outer space just before the nuclear blast. [9pm EST]
• PBS
  • BILLY CRYSTAL: THE MARK TWAIN PRIZE—The work of one of the most popular entertainers ever, Saturday Night Live veteran Billy Crystal, is celebrated at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as he becomes only the tenth artist to receive the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Go, Billy! [9pm EST]

DATA EXPLANATION: In the households figure 6.4/11, 6.4 is the household RATING that indicates what average percentage of U.S. households tuned into a particular show (6.4%), while 11 is the household SHARE that refers to what average percentage of televisions in use were tuned into a particular show (11%).

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