6 January 2009 1:31 AM, PST | From Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news
Some 25 million viewers tuned in to Fox's coverage of the NFL Wildcard Game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings that spilled over into primetime Sunday night, giving the network an easy victory for the night -- even though the rest of its Sunday shows were handily beaten by the competition. Amazingly CBS's 60 Minutes still managed to attract 12.3 million viewers against the game (and post-game). Without Sunday Night Football on its schedule, NBC nevertheless drew solid ratings with the two-hour debut of Superstars of Dance, which averaged 10.4 million viewers. And ABC's Desperate Housewives, now without competition from football, wound up with an average 14.3 million viewers, making it the second-highest-rated show of the night.
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