Thanks to a basketball overrun earlier in the evening, CBS was able to place first last night with the viewers.  However, ABC still put up a good fight and came away with the demos.

8pm

• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (12.8 million, 4.5/11 in 18-49) built itself a larger audience than last week.
• Big Brother (8 million, 2.7/7) slid by approximately 2.3 million.
• The Simpsons (7.1 million, 3.4/9) and King of the Hill (6 million, 2.7/7) both did nearly twice as well as their last outing.
• Dateline (6.7 million, 1.7/4) was up about 600,000.
• Everybody Hates Chris (1.3 million, 0.5/1) and Aliens in America* (990,000, 0.3/1) also saw increases.

9pm

• Oprah’s Big Give (11.3 million, 3.9/9 in 18-49) gave big to ABC.
• Cold Case (9.3 million, 2.6/7) was fairly warm last night.
• Family Guy* (7.3 million, 3.6/8) improved upon its lead-in.
• Law & Order* (6.2 million, 1.5/4) took a 1.5 million hit.
• About 4.2 million watched the season finale of Unhitched (2.1/5).
• The Game (1.5 million, 0.7/2) and Girlfriends* (1.6 million, 0.7/2) both saw nice growth.

10pm

• Here Comes the Newlyweds (3.1/8 in 18-49) tied the knot on 7.6 million viewers.
• Both Dexter (2.2/6) and Law & Order: SVU (2.0/5) capped off the evening with 6.9 million.

*denotes repeat

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