Sunday night saw the Eagles/Bears game go head to head with the American Music Awards with one winner – NBC.
Overall the contest was close, with NBC slightly edging out ABC between 7pm-8pm which made all the difference when calculating the averages.
An NFL overrun helped CBS win the 7pm slot and also threw off the numbers in for CBS a little. Then it was the Eagles/ Bears game and the AMA’s trading blows until 11 pm.
The AMA’s beat Sunday Night Football between the hours of 8-11 with a controversial Adam Lambert performance that has received 1,500 complaints thus far. They also posted their best A18-49 numbers in 5 years! Sunday Night Football still averaged a 5.5 rating though, a solid evening for NBC.
Fox’s Animation Domination linuep wasn’t performing that well though, posting just a 2.7 A18-49 average for the night, almost a season low. CBS’ experiment, where they swapped Cold Case and Three Rivers around didn’t work, they still averaged roughly the same as last week.
Full hourly Breakdown:
7:00 – CBS – NFL Overrun/60 Minutes - 4.7 A18-49 rating – 18.5 million viewers
NBC – Football Night In America – 2.8 – 7.4 million
ABC – NASCAR (Ford 400)/ America’s Funniest Home Videos - 1.8 - 6.1 million
FOX – Brothers/ The Simpsons (R) - 1.5 - 3.3 million
8:00 – NBC – Football Night In America - 5.1 A18-49 rating - 14.1 million viewers
ABC – 2009 American Music Awards – 4.6 – 12.8 million
CBS – 60 Minutes/ The Amazing Race - 3.5 – 14.3 million
FOX – The Simpsons/ The Cleveland Show - 3.3 – 6.8 million
9:00 – ABC – 2009 American Music Awards - 6.2 A18-49 rating - 15.5 million viewers
NBC – Sunday Night Football: Philadelphia v. Chicago – 5.7 - 15.5 million
FOX – Family Guy/ American Dad - 3.3 - 6.4 million
CBS – The Amazing Race/ Cold Case - 2.7 - 10.3 million
10:00 – ABC – 2009 American Music Awards - 5.7 A18-49 rating - 14.1 million viewers
NBC – Sunday Night Football: Philadelphia v. Chicago – 5.6 - 14.3 million
CBS – Cold Case/ Three Rivers - 2.0 - 8.5 million
