{alltv} TV Ratings: Miss USA pageant, U.S. Open give NBC a comfortable bump

Monday, June 20, 2011

{alltv} TV Ratings: Miss USA pageant, U.S. Open give NBC a comfortable bump

Fast affiliate ratings for Sunday, June 19, 2011.

Sunday night's broadcast of the 60th "Miss USA Pageant", combined with the tail end of golf's U.S. Open, boosted NBC's Sunday ratings -- pushing past the other networks to win the night.

Overall, NBC averaged 6.6 million viewers and scored a 3.9 rating/7 share in households. CBS, with its broadcast of the Daytime Emmys, came in second with 5.3 million viewers and a 3.7 rating/7 share. Next, ABC followed with 3.9 million viewers (2.4/4) and FOX finished last with its night of reruns at 2.8 million viewers (1.6/3).

NBC also won the 18-49 demographic with 1.8, followed by FOX with CBS and ABC tied at 0.7.

Sunday hour-by-hour:

7 p.m.

CBS: "60 Minutes" (7.3 million, 5.0/10)
NBC: U.S. Open Golf/"Minute to Win It" (7.1 million, 4.3/9)
ABC: "America's Funniest Home Videos" re-run (4.7 million, 2.6/5)
FOX: "American Dad" re-run/"Bob's Burgers" re-run (1.6 million, 1.0/2)

18-49 leader: U.S. Open Golf (2.2)

8 p.m.

CBS: Daytime Emmys (5.2 million, 3.6/7)
NBC: "America's Got Talent" rerun (4.6 million, 2.7/5)
ABC: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" rerun (3.3 million, 2.0/4)
FOX "The Simpsons" re-run/"The Cleveland Show" re-run (3.2 million, 1.8/3)

18-49 leader: "The Simpsons" re-run/"The Cleveland Show" (1.5)

9 p.m.

NBC: "2011 Miss USA Pageant" (6.6 million, 3.8/6)
CBS: Daytime Emmys (5.5 million, 3.8/6)
FOX: "Family Guy" re-run/"American Dad" rerun (3.5 million, 2.0/3)
ABC: "Castle" re-run (3.3 million, 2.1/4)

18-49 leader: "2011 Miss USA Pageant" (2.0)

10 p.m.

NBC: "2011 Miss USA Pageant" (7.8 million, 4.7/8)
ABC: "Body of Proof" re-run (4 million, 2.7/5)
CBS: "The Good Wife" re-run (3.2 million, 2.3/4)

18-49 leader: "2011 Miss USA Pageant" (2.4)