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[12/04/06 - 11:05 AM]
Fast Facts for Sunday, December 3, 2006 (Based on Fast Affiliate Ratings)
ABC spins the numbers for Sunday, December 3.

[via press release from ABC]

Fast Facts for Sunday, December 3, 2006 (Based on Fast Affiliate Ratings)

ABC�s All-Repeat Sunday Lineup Beats CBS� All-Original Schedule Among Young Adults, While Winning the Night in Women 18-49

�America�s Funniest Home Videos� Logs its Strongest Repeat Airing since Spring 2005

ABC�s �Home Edition� Repeat Tops CBS� Original �Amazing Race� By 2.0 Million Viewers and by 20% Among Adults 18-49 at 8pm

ABC�s Replay �Desperate Housewives� Defeats CBS� Original �Cold Case� in Adults 18-49, While Winning the 9 O�clock Hour Across the Women Demos

A Rebroadcast �Brothers & Sisters� Takes Second at 10pm with Key Women

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

While NBC (�Sunday Night Football�) and Fox (NFL overrun) were driven by sports programming on the evening, ABC�s all-repeat Sunday lineup paced ahead of CBS� all-original line up in Adults 18-49 (3.5/8 vs. 3.4/8) and Adults 18-34 (2.6/7 vs. 2.2/6). ABC won the night with its rebroadcast entertainment programming among Women 18-49 (4.6/11).

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

Against Fox�s high-rated NFL overrun during the 7 o�clock hour, ABC�s �America�s Funniest Home Videos� grew considerably from its first half-hour to its second half-hour, gaining 2.5 million viewers (7.8 million to 10.3 million) and by 36% in Adults 18-49 (2.2/6 to 3.0/8).

� �America�s Funniest Home Videos� attracted its largest repeat audience (9.0 million) since March 2005, while tying its top rebroadcast Adult 18-49 number (2.6/7) in the hour since April 2005 � since 3/20/05 and 4/24/05, respectively.

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

From 8:00-9:00 p.m., ABC�s repeat �Extreme Makeover: Home Edition� defeated CBS� original �Amazing Race� by 2.0 million viewers (12.7 million vs. 10.7 million) and by 20% in Adults 18-49 (4.2/10 vs. 3.5/8). The replay �Home Edition� won the hour across the key women demos (W18-34 � 4.6/12, W18-49 � 5.3/13 & W25-54 � 6.1/13) and among Kids 2-11 (3.3/10). In fact, the wide appealing ABC unscripted show stood as the top-rated broadcast of the evening with kids.

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

During the 9 o�clock hour, ABC�s �Desperate Housewives� replay beat out CBS� original �Cold Case� by 10% in Adults 18-49 (4.3/10 vs. 3.9/10). �Housewives� ranked No. 1 its time period across each of the women demographics: W18-34 (4.6/12), W18-49 (6.1/14) and W25-54 (6.8/14).

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

ABC�s rebroadcast episode of �Brothers & Sisters� earned second place during the 10 o�clock hour in the women demographics: W18-34 (3.0/8-tie), W18-49 (4.1/10) and W25-54 (4.5/10).

Source: Nielsen Media Research (Fast Affiliate Ratings, Live+SD), 12/3/06





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· 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)





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