Sunday Ratings: Survivor Stands Strong Against Football

Survivor: Samoa might not have ended the way many fans would have liked, but it still left CBS happy. The 3-hour event helped CBS win the viewers last night while NBC hung on to the demos.

8pm

• Sunday Night Football (15.8 million, 5.6/14 in 18-49) was down by 2.1 million.
• Survivor: Samoa (4.5/11) wrapped up with 14.2 million.
• The Simpsons* (3.8/10) turned in 8.2 million.
• The Santa Clause 3 (1.9/5) got 7.1 million feeling festive for ABC.
• The Cleveland Show* (2.8/7) scored 5.9 million.

9pm

• Family Guy* (3.1/8 in 18-49) nailed down 6 million.
• American Dad* (2.5/6) gathered 5.1 million.

10pm

• Approximately 11.8 million watched Natalie somehow beat Russell on the Survivor: Samoa reunion (3.8/10 in 18-49).
• Desperate Housewives* (1.2/3) coughed up 4 million.

*denotes repeat

(You can review last Sunday’s ratings here.)