ABC Feels Good on Sunday
March 17, 2008 11:53 AM
ABC is the ratings winner with its feel-good Sunday shows, while Fox’s “Unhitched” struggled from week-to-week against a mix of repeats.
Additionally, Fox’s premiere of “The Return of Jezebel James” on Friday disappointed, tying for lowest-rated program of the evening.
ABC posted a 3.2/9 share in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic, led by good showings of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (4.1), “Oprah’s Big Give” (3.6) and “Here Come the Newlyweds” (2.9).
“Oprah” fell 10% from last week, while “Newlyweds” dropped 17%.
Second-place Fox (2.5) mainly ran repeats of its animation block, along with freshman series “Unhitched” (2.3), down 8% from last week.
“Unhitched” had a strong lead-in with a repeat of “Family Guy” (3.4) and performed better against mainly repeats. The show placed a distant second for the half-hour.
CBS and NBC tied for third with a 2.0. CBS aired an on-average “Big Brother” (2.3), but a below-par “Dexter,” 1.9, a series low.
NBC presented a two-hour “Dateline” (1.9).
The CW placed fifth with a 0.4, with on-average showings of its Sunday comedies.
Friday had the debut of “The Return of Jezebel James” for Fox. Two back-to-back episodes put up a 1.0, tying a “Grey’s Anatomy” repeat as the lowest-rated show of the night.
CBS won on Friday with a 1.9, thanks to a prime-time “The Price Is Right” (2.0).
Unsurprisingly, Fox won on Saturday night with a 2.4 due to the strength of its police reality shows.

Comments (1)
Your article is so biased against UNHITCHED, but the actual numbers say it is holding almost all of it's audience since the premier 3 weeks ago. What's your beef? I think the show is funny as hell.
Posted by unbiased | March 17, 2008 3:04 PM