Despite a great turnout from ABC’s lineup, a heavily-watched Cowboys/Patriots game kicked off a winning night for CBS.

7pm

• The late-running football game scored 26.4 million viewers (9.3 rating/27 share in 18-49) for CBS in the 7pm hour.
• America’s Funniest Home Videos (7.7 million, 2.1/6) didn’t really stand a chance.
• CW Now and Online Nation were mere blips on the screen.

8pm

• 60 Minutes (17.4 million, 4.2/11 in 18-49) benefitted from it’s strong sports lead-in.
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (12.2 million, 4.3/11) slightly beat the news program in the demos.
• Between 8-11pm EST, NBC’s Sunday Night Football (9.2 million, 3.9/10) had a dramatic drop from last week.
• CW’s Life is Wild (1 million, 0.3/1) barely factored in the equation losing another 600,000 viewers.

9pm

• Desperate Housewives (18.5 million, 7.3/17 in 18-49) won the hour in both numbers and demos.
• Cold Case (3.5/8 in demo) came in second with 14.7 million viewers.
• A repeat of Family Guy (7.1 million, 3.5/8) rounded off the hour.

10pm

• Up 500,000 viewers, Brothers & Sisters (4.8/13 in 18-49) took a victory in in both key categories.
• Shark (12 million, 2.9/7) was also up this week.