Fast Facts for Sunday, May 13, 2007 (Based on Fast Affiliate Ratings)
ABC Wins its 3rd Straight Sunday of the May Sweep Among Adults 18-49, Ranking No. 1 on the Night for the 7th Consecutive Week in Key Sales Demo
With Part 1 of its Season Finale, ABC "America's Funniest Home Videos" Wins Sunday's 7 O'clock Hour in Adults 18-49 for the 5th Straight Week
Opposite CBS' "Survivor" Finale at 8pm, ABC's "Home Edition" Places a Strong Second in Viewers and Young Adults, and Ranks No. 1 in Young Women and Kids
Sunday's No. 1 TV Show for the 6th Straight Week, ABC's "Desperate Housewives" Dominates the 9 O'clock Hour, Beating the Season Finale of CBS' "Survivor: Fiji"
ABC's Freshman "Brothers & Sisters" Delivers the No. 1 Position During the 10 O'clock Hour in Viewers, Young Adults and Across Each of the Key Women Demos
Sunday Primetime (7:00-11:00 p.m.)
Winning its 3rd consecutive Sunday of the 2007 May Sweep in Adults 18-49, ABC marked its 7th Sunday in a row to deliver the No. 1 position on the evening in the key sales demo. Competing against 3 hours of coverage for the season finale CBS' "Survivor: Fiji," ABC (4.0/12) led second-place CBS by 8% (3.7/11), third-place Fox by 54% (2.6/8) and fourth-place NBC 135% (1.7/5).
� For the 6th week in a row, ABC's "Desperate Housewives" is Sunday's No. 1 TV show in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.
"America's Funniest Home Videos" (7:00-8:00 p.m.)
Winning Sunday's 7 o'clock hour for the 5th consecutive week, Part 1 of the season finale for "America's Funniest Home Videos" bested its closest competition in the time slot by 38% among Adults 18-49 (2.2/9 vs. 1.6/6 � CBS' "60 Minutes").
Editors Please Note: Part 2 of the season finale for "America's Funniest Home Videos" will air at 8:00 p.m. on Friday 5/18/07, leading into the series debut of "National Bingo Night."
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (8:00-9:00 p.m.)
In Total Viewers (10.2 million) and Adults 18-49 (3.7/11), ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" took a strong second to CBS' opening hour of the season closer of "Survivor." The ABC unscripted series won the hour, ranking No. 1 from 8:00-9:00 p.m. with Women 18-34 (3.5/13) and Kids 2-11 (2.1/9).
"Desperate Housewives" (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Sunday's No. 1 TV show for the 6th week running, ABC's "Desperate Housewives" won the 9 o'clock hour, beating the second hour of CBS' "Survivor" finale among viewers and young adults. "Housewives" topped second-place CBS in the time period by 1.4 million viewers (15.8 million vs. 14.4 million) and by 22% in Adults 18-49 (6.0/15 vs. 4.9/13).
"Brothers & Sisters" (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
Opposite CBS' "Survivor: Fiji Reunion" show during the 10 o'clock hour, ABC's freshman "Brothers & Sisters" ranked No. 1 among Adults 18-49 (4.3/12-tie), Adults 18-34 (3.3/10) and dominated across each of the key women demographics: W18-34 (4.6/13), W18-49 (5.9/15) and W25-54 (6.8/16).
Source: Nielsen Media Research (Fast Affiliate Ratings, Live+SD), 5/13/07.
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