It was another night of football dominance. Over on FOX, football coverage owned the afternoon and early evening. Once that was finished, football on NBC led the timeslots.
Over on CBS, 60 Minutes was significantly down. Last week, with the football lead-in and the President Obama interview, the news program saw an increase of 135% in viewers in the 18-49 key demographic. This week, the ratings fell by 48.5% to one of the lowest ratings of the season. The Amazing Race fell by double digits as well and Undercover Boss dropped by 7%. This reflects a series low for Boss. It would seem that America is tiring of the reality show pretty quickly.
CSI: Miami was also down by 8% over the previous original episode on October 24th. Football coverage has played havoc with this show’s schedule and it looks like this might become the next show to go down the tubes because of the schedule disruptions. This week’s 2.3 rating represents a series low for Miami.
| TV show | Viewers (mil) | 18-49 demo | Demo +/- % |
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| 4:16 | fox | FOX NFL Sunday | 26.23 | 9.3/30 | --- | |
| 7:00 | abc | America's Funniest Home Videos | 7.11 | 1.6/4 | 0.0% | |
| 7:00 | cbs | 60 Minutes | 12.32 | 1.7/5 | -48.5% | |
| 7:30 | nbc | Football Night in America Part 2 | 4.58 | 1.6/4 | --- | |
| 7:52 | fox | The OT | 16.56 | 5.0/14 | --- | |
| 7:58 | nbc | Football Night in America Part 3 | 12.39 | 4.3/12 | --- | |
| 8:02 | fox | The Simpsons | 8.83 | 3.9/10 | +5.4% | |
| 8:00 | cbs | The Amazing Race | 10.34 | 2.8/7 | -15.2% | |
| 8:00 | abc | Extreme Makeover Home Edition | 8.50 | 2.2/6 | -12.0% | |
| 8:31 | nbc | Sunday Night Football (173 min) | 21.18 | 8.1/20 | --- | |
| 8:22 | nbc | Pre-Kick (9 minutes) | 16.58 | 6.0/16 | --- | |
| 8:33 | fox | The Cleveland Show | 6.66 | 3.1/7 | 0.0% | |
| 9:00 | abc | Desperate Housewives | 11.92 | 3.8/9 | -7.3% | |
| 9:02 | fox | Family Guy | 7.06 | 3.4/8 | -10.5% | |
| 9:00 | cbs | Undercover Boss | 10.42 | 2.7/6 | -6.9% | |
| 9:33 | fox | American Dad | 5.38 | 2.5/6 | -13.8% | |
| 10:00 | abc | Brothers & Sisters | 8.60 | 2.5/6 | 0.0% | |
| 10:00 | cbs | CSI: Miami | 10.26 | 2.3/6 | -8.0% | |
Raw data: © The Nielsen Company via Media Week. The “Demo +/-%” column indicates how many viewers in the 18-49 demographic (the important category to most advertisers) watched over those that watched the last original episode.
What do you think? Do you think Undercover Boss will survive to see season three? Will football kill CSI: Miami? What were you watching?
Image courtesy CBS.
I love these shows but can’t stand to watch them after football. I set Undercover Boss on my DVR from 9pm-11pm and now catch CBS Miami on On-Demand.