ABC and CBS fought hard for domination of the TV season’s final Sunday night, with CBS eking out a slight victory (averaging 11.8 million viewers for the night, versus ABC’s 10.8 million). Reliable 60 Minutes (10 million) helped boost the Eye’s bottom line, while the two-hour Survivor finale (12.7 million) ruled its first hour on the air. But the two-hour Desperate Housewives (13.9 million) took over at 9 p.m., also beating the Survivor reunion (11.8 million) at 10 p.m. NBC was virtually invisible with a combination of Dateline (5.9 million) and special SNL Just Shorts (3.8 million).
| Time | Show | Viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 p.m. | 60 Minutes (CBS) Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) Dateline (NBC) King of the Hill (Fox) Jericho (The CW) |
10.0 7.6 5.9 2.5 (repeat) .5 (repeat) |
| 7:30 p.m. | American Dad (Fox) Movie: License to Kill (The CW) |
2.8 (repeat) 1.5 |
| 8 p.m. | Survivor (CBS) The Simpsons (Fox) |
12.7 5.9 |
| 8:30 p.m. | King of the Hill (Fox) | 5.2 |
| 9 p.m. | Desperate Housewives (ABC) Family Guy (Fox) SNL Just Shorts (NBC) |
13.9 7.3 3.8 |
| 9:30 p.m. | American Dad (Fox) | 5.6 |
| 10 p.m. | Survivor Reunion (CBS) | 11.8 |
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Wow…disappointing numbers for SNL. I’m sort of shocked. But than again, it is NBC.
I guess they were right about Comedy at 10 pm ET…
http://tvdonewright.com/2009/05/18/thursday-night-fights-fox-moves-fringe-to-challenge-csi-and-greys/
Not bad for Desperate Housewives.
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Of coarse Desperate Housewives won, that shows off the chain!!
I think next season Bree should turn hippie
I agree Gabbi. I thought they rocked the finale; especially the last half hour. I wonder who Mike Delfino married. My gut is saying it’s Katherine. And I bet Dave breaks out of the mental institution.
Season 5 of Desperate Housewives tanked. They writers are obviously out of ideas: everything was a cliche and has been seen elsewhere before.