Sunday Ratings: Game 4 Another Win for FOX

Although FOX was probably hoping for a seven-game series, the World Series still provided another successful night for the network.

8pm

• Game 4 of the World Series (6.6/15 in 18-49 demo) averaged 19.7 million viewers for the night.
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (14 million, 5.2/13) was slightly up from last week.
• A rerun of CSI (9.4 million, 2.2/6) warmed the spot left vacant by Viva Laughlin.
• NBC’s The Bourne Supremacy (5.88 million, 1.9/4) didn’t come close to normal football numbers.
• Life is Wild (1.1 million, 0.4/1) lost another 500,000.

9pm

• Desperate Housewives (18.1 million, 7.1/6 in 18-49 demo) remained strong against Red Sox.
• Cold Case (11.7 million, 3.0/7) saw a slight increase from last Sunday.

10pm

• With 12.7 million, Brothers & Sisters (4.6/11 in 18-49 demo) was up over a million viewers.
• Shark (10.3 million, 2.3/6) held steady from last week.

Sunday Ratings: Major League Victory for FOX

The one-two punch from FOX’s sports coverage helped the network take Sunday’s win (followed by ABC, NBC and CBS).

8pm

• A football overrun combined with a Boston Red Sox victory helped score FOX (6.4/16 in 18-49 demo) an average of 17.9 milllion fans.
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (13.6 million, 5.0/12) was up over 1 million from last week.
• NBC’s Broncos/Steelers game (4.2/10) averaged 10.4 million fans.
• Viva Laughlin (1.2/3) kissed it’s run goodbye with 6.4 million.
• Life is Wild (1.6 million, 0.5/1) did what it does.

9pm

• With 17.8 million fans, Desperate Housewives (7.1/16 in 18-49 demo) held its own against the sports lineup.
• Cold Case (11.4 million, 2.6/6) was down from last Sunday.

10pm

• Brothers & Sisters (11.4 million, 4.6/11 in 18-49 demo) lost over a million from last week.
• CBS’s Shark (2.4/6) rounded off the evening with 10.9 million viewers.

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