Despite a good turnout for the Country Music Awards, Desperate Housewives was easily the night’s most-watched program.  The finale gave ABC a win in both the viewers and demos.

8pm

• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (11.2 million, 3.8/11 in 18-49) took a 900,000 hit.
• The Simpsons finale (6.1 million, 2.9/9) picked up 100,000.
• King of the Hill (5.4 million, 2.6/7) grew by 400,000.
• Everybody Hates Chris (1.4 million, 0.5/2) tacked on another 200,000.
• Aliens in America (1.2 million, 0.5/1) retained most of its lead-in.

9pm

• Family Guy* (6.2 million, 3.0/8 in 18-49) improved by 400,000.
• American Dad (5.6 million, 2.7/7) did the same as last week.
• The Office* (1.3/4) averaged 2.9 million over two hours.
• The Game (1.6 million, 0.8/2) remained steady.
• Girlfriends* (1.2 million, 0.5/1) was down by 100,000.

10pm

• Desperate Housewives’ two-hour closer (6.1/5 in 18-49) drew in 16.8 million.
• The Country Music Awards (2.9/8) had 11.2 million tuning in.
• Law & Order: SVU* (4.7 million, 1.5/4) put up a weak fight.

*denotes repeat

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