TV Jots

8pm: The final portion of the afternoon NFL game between the Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots crept into primetime and provided CBS with an immediate ratings boost (19.3/31) at 7pm. 60 Minutes (11.6/18) and the twelfth-season premiere of Amazing Race (8.5/13) then helped keep the Eye Network well-paced for first place in total viewers at 8pm. NBC’s Sunday Night Football featuring the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles (9.2/14) was second, ahead of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (7.9/12), Fox’s The Simpsons (5.4/8) and the 100th episode special for Family Guy (6.0/9), and The CW’s barely noticeable Life Is Wild (0.8/1).

9pm: ABC’s Desperate Housewives brought in the night’s largest numbers, an 11.9/18. NBC’s football coverage was second (9.7/15); CBS’ Cold Case, celebrating its 100th episode, as well, was third with an 8.8/14; Fox’s 100th Family Guy (6.1/9) and American Dad (4.3/6) were fourth, and The CW’s America’s Next Top Model was dead last (0.9/1).

10pm: NBC took first place with the continuing football game (8.4/15), closely trailed by Brothers & Sisters on ABC (8.3/15), and then Shark on CBS (7.4/14).

Overall: CBS won the night in total viewers (10.6/17), while NBC (5.5) took first place among viewers in the all-important 18–49 demographic. NBC followed CBS for total viewers with an 8.4/13, followed by ABC (8.2/13), Fox (5.3/8), and predictably fifth The CW (0.8/1). For TV watchers aged 18–49, CBS trailed NBC with a 4.8, just ahead of ABC (4.7) and Fox (4.4), and out of reach of The CW (0.4).

November 2007 Sweeps: Day 5 Events

• CBS
  • SAMANTHA WHO?—TV’s hottest new sitcom airs at the special time of 9:45 tonight. Don’t miss the episode whose theme song could very well be Madonna’s “Like a Virgin.” [9:45pm EST]
• Court TV
  • MURDER BY THE BOOK—The second season of the true-crime series opens with an unsettling tale about a housewife who was literally and gruesomely axed. [10pm EST]
• E!
  • DR. 90210—The Beverly Hills beauty show closes its fifth season. There’s no word yet on a sixth. [10pm EST]
• Fox
  • PRISON BREAK—In tonight’s special double episode, it’s all about Michael as he first attempts to free Whistler and then tries to get proof of life for Sara. Well, at least we already know how the second part’s going to end. [8pm EST]
• NBC
  • CHUCK—Poor Chuck’s nemesis Bryce Larkin is back, albeit in flashbacks, as our hero returns to Stanford to help a former professor who knows a bit more than expected about spooks and espionage. [8pm EST]
  • HEROES—Finally! This is the episode where Hiro gets the heck out of feudal Japan at last, and Heroes gets on the way to a new baddie that makes Sylar look like a harmless grandpa. Hint: You already know who the person is, you just aren’t aware of it. How’s that for cryptic? [9pm EST]
• PBS
  • AMERICAN MASTERS—Entertainment veteran Carol Burnett is the next performer to get the masterful retrospective treatment. [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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