“Desperate Housewives” again dropped to a series low adults 18-49 ratings mark, and this time, there was no major awards show or event on broadcast.<\/p>\n
While the NBA Playoffs got off to a strong start on cable (and the Knicks-Celtics game, which went head-to-head with “Housewives,” did especially well), they neither skew as an obvious competitor nor pull the viewership numbers that should intimidate broadcast numbers.<\/p>\n
Yet “Housewives” did fall, stumbling back to its low 2.7 adults 18-49 rating with 8.83 million. The weak performance for the once-dominant Sunday soap resulted in a soft performance for lead-out “Brothers & Sisters,” which ranked at a clear-third for the 10PM hour with a 1.7 rating and 6.33 million viewers.<\/p>\n
ABC, however, was not the only network to struggle Sunday night. FOX’s “Family Guy,” the nightly demographic champion, was down in its own right to a 3.0 with 6.04 million viewers. “The Cleveland Show” followed with a 2.3 and 4.70 million viewers while “American Dad” led into “Guy” at a 2.2 and 4.70 million.<\/p>\n
NBC saw its solid “Celebrity Apprentice” fall from its recent highs to a 2.5 with 7.41 million viewers, while CBS’ “Undercover Boss” was annihilated, falling to just a 1.9 rating with 8.66 million viewers. Its lead-in “The Amazing Race” was also down significantly, landing at a 2.3 with 8.71 million viewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n