Football ruled the weekend ratings this December weekend, with overrun from an early Sunday evening game giving CBS’ primetime lineup a boost (thus all numbers below for the Eye net are approximate) and NBC taking the night with the Philadelphia-New York matchup’s 18.1 million viewers, according to early Nielsen estimates. Oprah, meanwhile, gave ABC a nice little holiday present with her Christmas at the White House special building a bit on its Extreme Makeover: Home Edition lead-in and improving on last week’s numbers in the same timeslot for Brothers & Sisters by almost a million viewers. Earlier in the weekend, NBC garnered a rare Friday victory as well with a Law & Order featuring the guest-star return of Benjamin Bratt (8.8 million viewers) and a Dateline about the Tiger Woods scandal (9.3 million).
Here, a look at Sunday’s numbers:
| Time | Show | Viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 p.m. | NFL overrun (CBS) America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC) Football Night in America (NBC) Brothers (Fox) |
22.3 8.7 8.6 3.4 |
| 7:30 p.m. | 60 Minutes (CBS) Brothers (Fox) |
16.7 2.8 |
| 8 p.m. | Sunday Night Football (NBC) The Mentalist (CBS) Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) The Simpsons (Fox) |
18.1 10.8 (repeat) 10.3 7.1 |
| 8:30 p.m. | The Cleveland Show (Fox) | 6.5 |
| 9 p.m. | Cold Case (CBS) Family Guy (Fox) |
9.9 7.7 |
| 9:30 p.m. | American Dad (Fox) | 6.2 |
| 10 p.m. | Christmas at the White House (ABC) Criminal Minds (CBS) |
11.8 8.9 (repeat) |
Source: Nielsen Media
Wasn’t a great night but Family Guy was hilarious.
great football game miss Family Guy
I enjoyed getting a glimpse inside the White House, but Oprah spending 20 minutes looking at the President’s desk pictures and then obsessing about hydrangeas was a bit much. I turned it off before it was over.
Great game, wish the Giants would have won it though
What were the numbers for the Dexter season finale?