Oprah’s Big Give powered ABC to an easy Sunday night victory among total audience and adults 18-49. The series got off a terrific start, drawing in more than 15 million viewers (first place for the evening) and a 5.3 A18-49 rating (also first for the evening).
Fox trailed in second place with its coverage of NASCAR, and its usual mix of comedies, drawing a solid adult 18-49 audience, just narrowly trailing ABC in that demo.
Elsewhere on the evening, CBS remained on par with prior Sunday’s, as the re-purposed episodes of Dexter continue to do well closing out the evening for the network.
Though well back in fourth place on the evening, NBC was relatively competitive, trailing third place CBS only minimally.
The CW, meanwhile, saw only a minimal increase in viewership, with its slightly tweaked lineup that included the return of comedies Everybody Hates Chris and Aliens in America.
Continue reading Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, March 2, 2008
