or


[10/02/06 - 12:00 AM]
Fast Facts for Sunday, October 1, 2006 (Based on Fast Affiliate Ratings)

[via press release from ABC]

Fast Facts for Sunday, October 1, 2006 (Based on Fast Affiliate Ratings)

For the Second Straight Week, ABC is the No. 1 Net on Sunday in Adults 18-49

�Desperate Housewives� is Sunday�s Top TV Show for the Second Week in a Row, As ABC Airs the Top 3 Entertainment Shows on the Evening in Adults 18-49

ABC�s �America�s Funniest Home Videos� Opens its 17th Season with its Best Season Premiere Numbers in 4 Years Among Viewers and Young Adults

�Extreme Makeover: Home Edition� Wins at 8pm in Viewers and Adults 18-49

�Desperate Housewives� Wins the 9 O�clock Hour, Beating NBC�s Sunday Night Football in Viewers and Across the Adult Demographics

Showing Strong Retention of its Week-Earlier Series Debut Audience, ABC�s �Brothers & Sisters� Tops CBS� �Without a Trace� in Each of the Adult Demos

Sunday Primetime (7:00-11:00 p.m.)

For the second straight week, ABC qualified as the No. 1 network on Sunday in Adults 18-49 (5.6/14), outpacing NBC�s coverage of NFL Sunday Night Football (4.9/13 � preliminary 7:00-11:00 p.m. time period based �fast affiliate� averages for NBC). Also of note, ABC also overcame CBS on the night, even though that network enjoyed a high-rated NFL overrun during the opening hour of prime, which greatly boosted its averages on the evening.

� ABC�s �Desperate Housewives� was again the No. 1 TV program on Sunday in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49. For the second consecutive week, ABC aired the Top 3 entertainment TV shows on Sunday in the key Adult 18-49 sales demographic, with �Desperate Housewives,� �Extreme Makeover: Home Edition� and �Brothers & Sisters.�

�America�s Funniest Home Videos� (7:00-8:00 p.m.)

Opposite CBS� NFL overrun and NBC�s pre-game NFL coverage, the 17th season premiere of ABC�s �America�s Funniest Home Videos� drew 9.2 million viewers and a 2.7 rating, 8 share among Adults 18-49, beating its entertainment competition in the hour on Fox. The venerable ABC video clip show delivered enormous build throughout its telecast, jumping by 3.0 million viewers (7.7 million to 10.7 million) and by 62% in Adults 18-49 (2.1/6 to 3.4/10) from its first half-hour to its second half-hour.

� In its 17th season opener, �America�s Funniest Home Videos� posted its strongest season premiere numbers among viewers and young adults in 4 years � since 9/27/02, when it still aired on Friday night.

�Extreme Makeover: Home Edition� (8:00-9:00 p.m.)

�Extreme Makeover: Home Edition� won its hour in Total Viewers (14.7 million) and Adults 18-49 (5.7/15). �Home Edition� outran its unscripted competition in the hour, CBS� �Amazing Race,� by 1.4 million viewers and by 50% in Adults 18-49 (CBS 8:00-9:00 p.m. average = 13.3 million & 3.8/10)

�Desperate Housewives� (9:00-10:00 p.m.)

Sunday�s No. 1 TV show for the second week in a row with Total Viewers (21.2 million) and Adults 18-49 (8.5/19), ABC�s �Desperate Housewives� overshadowed its competition in the 9 o�clock hour, beating CBS� �Cold Case� and NBC�s �Sunday Night Football� by wide margins on both measures. �Desperate Housewives� was also dominant in the hour and ranked as the top-rated television program of the evening among Adults 18-34 (7.3/19) and Adults 25-54 (9.7/20).

�Brothers & Sisters� (10:00-11:00 p.m.)

With strong retention of its week earlier series debut numbers and similar lead-in retention, ABC�s �Brothers & Sisters� continued to beat its CBS drama competition in the 10 o�clock hour across the key Adult demos. ABC�s �Brothers & Sisters� defeated CBS� �Without a Trace� by 54% in Adults 18-34 (4.3/12 vs. 2.8/8), by 28% in Adults 18-49 (5.5/14 vs. 4.3/11) and by 16% in Adults 25-54 (6.4/15 vs. 5.5/13).

Source: Nielsen Media Research (Fast Affiliate Ratings, Live+SD), 10/1/06





  [october 2006]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S


· AMAZING RACE, THE (CBS)
· AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS (ABC)
· BROTHERS & SISTERS (ABC)
· COLD CASE (CBS)
· DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)
· EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION (HGTV)
· SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (NBC)
· WITHOUT A TRACE (CBS)





most recent ratings | view all posts
[06/27/25 - 02:29 PM]
"Live with Kelly and Mark" Gears Up for Summer Rising Week to Week in All Key Measures
Wednesday, June 11, was the most-viewed day of the week among Total Viewers (2.164 million).

[06/27/25 - 10:31 AM]
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" Tops Late-Night in Adults 18-49 for Third Week in a Row
Winning three of five nights in Kimmel's final week before summer guest hosts, Thursday, June 19, was the show's strongest night among Adults 18-49 (0.35 rating).

[06/25/25 - 11:55 AM]
Prime Video Finishes Groundbreaking First Season of Exclusive NASCAR Coverage
According to Nielsen, NASCAR on Prime posted a season average of 2.16 million viewers (AMA P2+) across five events, and attracted droves of younger viewers to its live coverage.

[06/25/25 - 07:58 AM]
ABC News Primetime Special "Karen Read: The Verdict - A Special Edition of 20/20" Ranks #1 Across All of Broadcast and Cable in Adults 18-49
Plus: "Karen Read: The Verdict" placed No. 1 based on views among all titles on Hulu on Thursday (6/19), Friday (6/20) and Saturday (6/21).

[06/24/25 - 03:03 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in All Key Target Demos 18-49 vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" for 2nd Consecutive Week, and Claims Top Spot in Total Viewers for the 5th Straight Week
On Monday (6/16/25), "Nightline" scored its most-watched telecast (1.112 million) in 5 months.

[06/24/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of June 16: "Tyler Perry's Straw" Leads Top 10 for Third Week, "The Waterfront" Swims to No. 1
Plus: "Ginny & Georgia" Season 3 racked up another 8.1 million views and felt peachy keen at No. 2, while Season 2 landed at No. 8 and Season 1 at No. 10, with an additional 2.7 million views each.

[06/24/25 - 08:42 AM]
Third Most-Watched WNBA Game Ever on ESPN: Indiana Fever vs Las Vegas Aces Averaged 1.7 Million Viewers, Up 52% from Last Year's ESPN Average
Said coverage peaked at 2.2 million viewers.

[06/23/25 - 12:09 PM]
Indiana Pacers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Game 7 on ABC and ESPN+ Is Most-Watched NBA Finals Game in Six Years
The seven-game series averaged 10,266,000 viewers and delivered the seven most-watched broadcasts on all of television since the first week of May.

[06/18/25 - 09:01 AM]
Murder Mystery May Drives Acorn TV to the Most Successful Month In Its History
Total hours watched surpassed 20 million for the first time in Acorn TV history, with unique engaged subscribers also achieving an all-time high, up double digits from the streamer's average over the past 12 months.

[06/17/25 - 03:03 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers"
On Wednesday, "Nightline" scored its most-watched telecast (1.049 million) in 5 months and strongest delivery in Adults 25-54 (404,000) in 1 year.

[06/17/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of June 9: "Tyler Perry's Straw" Has Biggest Week for a Film in 2025
"Ginny & Georgia's" third season maintained its No. 1 spot on the English TV List with 16.9 million views, as fans saw their favorite characters pushed "to the limit."

[06/17/25 - 07:27 AM]
ESPN Delivered Third Most-Watched WNBA Game Ever on ABC: New York Liberty Vs Indiana Fever Averaged 2.2 Million Viewers, Up 76% from Last Year's ABC Average
Said coverage peaked at 2.8 million viewers.

[06/10/25 - 04:46 PM]
Premiere Episode of NBC's New Unscripted Series "Destination X" Is Now Up to 4.2 Million Viewers Across All Platforms
To date, the series has reached more than 9 million viewers across all platforms.

[06/10/25 - 02:18 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" for the 3rd Consecutive Week
On Thursday, "Nightline" scored its strongest telecast in Adults 25-54 (259,000) in nearly 3 months and best Adults 18-49 delivery (202,000) in 5 months.

[06/10/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of June 2: "Straw" Moves Viewers, "Ginny & Georgia" Has Peachy Season 3 Premiere in Top 10
Plus: UK crime thriller "Dept. Q" cracked the code and climbed to No. 2 in its second week (8.9 million views).