ABC tops sluggish Sunday
'Extreme Makeover' nets 12.0 million viewers
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According to preliminary nationals from Nielsen, the Alphabet prevailed opening the night with "America's Funniest Home Videos" (2.3/7 in 18-49, 7.4 million viewers overall), and kept it going at 8 o'clock with "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (4.1/11 in 18-49, 12.0 million viewers overall), the evening's top-rated program. "Oprah's Big Give" (3.6/9 in 18-49, 9.7 million viewers overall) then won at 9 o'clock despite a 10% dip week to week, and "Here Come the Newlyweds" led at 10 o'clock despite a slightly bigger falloff in its third outing (2.9/8 in 18-49, 7.0 million viewers overall).
Fox ran second on the night among young adults, led by repeats of "Family Guy" (3.4/9 in 18-49, 6.7 million viewers overall) and "The Simpsons" (3.0/9 in 18-49, 6.6 million viewers overall). Net didn't fare as well with firstrun episodes of "King of the Hill" at 8:30 (2.8/7 in 18-49, 6.0 million viewers overall) and "Unhitched" at 9:30 (2.3/6 in 18-49, 4.4 million viewers overall).
CBS was up slightly week to week with "60 Minutes" (2.0/6 in 18-49, 11.1 million viewers overall), "Big Brother" (2.3/6 in 18-49, 6.3 million viewers overall) and a repeat of "Cold Case" (2.0/5 in 18-49, 8.1 million viewers overall), while "Dexter" (1.8/5 in 18-49, 6.4 million viewers overall) was on par with the previous week.
NBC similarly failed to put up big numbers for any of its shows, with a two-hour "Dateline" (1.9/6 in 18-49, 8.1 million viewers overall) followed by repeats of "Law & Order" (2.0/5 in 18-49, 7.2 million viewers overall) and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2.2/6 in 18-49, 7.7 million viewers overall).
Meanwhile, preliminary Nielsen estimates for Saturday night show that Lifetime drew a sizable 3.4 million viewers for the premiere of its original movie "Wisegal," starring Alyssa Milano, Jason Gedrick and James Caan.
Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: ABC, 3.2/9; Fox, 2.5/7; CBS and NBC, 2.0/5; Univision, 0.7/2; CW, 0.4/2.
In total viewers: ABC, 9.0 million; CBS, 8.0 million; NBC, 7.8 million; Fox, 5.1 million; Univision, 1.8 million; CW, 1.0 million.
| Top Show | Total |
| Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) | 12.0 mil |
| Top Shows | A18-49 |
| Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) | 4.1/11 |
| Oprah's Big Give (ABC) | 3.6/9 |
| Family Guy (FOX) | 3.4/9 |
| Networks | |
| ABC | 3.2/9 |
| FOX | 2.5/7 |
| CBS | 2.0/6 |
| NBC | 2.0/5 |
