Although it was pitted against a three-hour Survivor finale, last night’s game between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys was yesterday’s hottest ticket. The event gave NBC a double-win in the ratings yesterday.

8pm

• Approximately 19.6 million watched the Cowboys pull out a win on Sunday Night Football (7.5/17 in 18-49).
• Around 14.9 million watched Bob Crowley win Survivor: Gabon (4.5/10).
• The Santa Clause 2 (2.7/7) had 8.7 million feeling jolly.
• The Simpsons* (5.7 million, 2.5/6) was off by 500,000; King of the Hill* (2.0/5) pulled in 4.6 million.
• CW‘s airing of Spaceballs (0.4/1) had 1.2 million laughing.

9pm

• Family Guy* (5.8 million, 2.6/6 in 18-49) lost 700,000.
• American Dad* (5.1 million, 2.2/5) fell by 200,000.

10pm

• Desperate Housewives* (1.8/4) gathered 5.8 million.

*denotes repeat

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