Ratings News - 22nd October 2012 *Full Tables Posted*

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SUNDAY 10/21/12 Metered Markets
Football Overrun Lifts Dominant CBS

Household
Rating/Share
CBS 11.2/18
NBC 8.6/14
ABC 4.8/ 7
Fox 4.0/ 6

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening (10/23/11):
CBS: +47, NBC: +26, ABC: -19, Fox: -62

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-Winners:
60 Minutes (CBS), Sunday Night Football (NBC)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
666 Park Avenue (ABC)

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-Rating Results:
CBS, which did not begin its line-up until 7:56 p.m., led the evening due to the 56-minute football primetime football overrun. Keeping in mind that all program results for the Eye net are approximate, 60 Minutes scored an estimated 11.3 rating/17 share (#1) in the overnights from 8-9 p.m. (+15 percent from one year earlier), followed by The Amazing Race (#2, 6.9/10 from 9-10 p.m., + 6 percent), The Good Wife (#2: 7.6/12 at 10 p.m., + 4 percent) and relocated The Mentalist (5.8/11 at 11 p.m.), which has lost steam since moving to Sunday.

Earlier in the evening on the Eye net was the football overrun at a whopping (and approximate) 19.2/33 in the overnights from 7-8 p.m.

The Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday Night Football on NBC was on the map with a dominant 11.8/17 from 8:30-11:15 p.m., which was up by 44 percent from Indianapolis vs. New Orleans on the year-ago evening (8.2/13 on 10/23/11). Earlier in the evening was pre-game Football Night in America at a 1.6/ 3 (#4) from 7-7:30 p.m., a 2.4/ 4 from 7:30-8 p.m. (#4), and a 6.8/10 from 8-8:15 p.m.

ABC had more mixed news on this fourth Sunday of the new TV season with its line-up of veteran America’s Funniest Home Videos (3.8/ 6: equal to one year earlier), sophomore Once Upon a Time (6.0/ 9: down 29 percent from the year-ago series debut), relocated Revenge (6.0/ 9: down 10 percent from year-ago occupant Desperate Housewives) and week four of 666 Park Avenue (3.3/ 6: down 28 percent from failed year-ago occupant Pan Am). Four-week overnight track for 666 Park Avenue: 5.3/ 9 – 3.7/ 6 – 3.7/ 6 – 3.3/ 6).

Last in the overnights was animation on Fox care of a 7 p.m. edition of Bob’s Burgers (#2t: 3.4/ 6), The Cleveland Show (#3: 3.8/ 6), The Simpsons (#4: 4.8/ 7), the regularly scheduled edition of Bob’s Burgers (#4: 4.2/ 6), Family Guy (#4, 4.0/ 6) and American Dad (#4: 4.0/ 6). The steep overall 62 percent decline for Fox was a reflection of Game 4 of the World Series (San Francisco vs. Texas) one year earlier.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

Source: Marc Berman@TVMediaInsights