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The 18-49 overnights (prior weeks in parentheses):

5.5 (6.2) (5.6) Indianapolis vs. Tennessee
4.5 (4.9) (5.2) Family Guy
4.4 (4.9) (4.5) Desperate Housewives
3.8 (4.2) (4.9) The Cleveland Show
3.7 (2.3) (3.3) 60 Minutes
3.6 (4.3) (4.2) The Simpsons
3.4 (3.5) (3.6) American Dad
3.1 (2.8) (3.2) The Amazing Race
3.0 (3.4) (3.1) Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
2.9 (3.2) (3.0) Brothers & Sisters
2.2 (2.2) (----) America’s Funniest Home Videos
1.9 (2.0) (----) Three Rivers
1.7 (2.2) (1.9) Cold Case
1.1 (----) (----) Brothers

CABLE
2.1 Baseball Playoffs (7pm)
1.5 Baseball Playoffs (10:40pm)
1.3 Army Wives
1.2 Girls Next Door
0.9 Drop Dead Diva
0.6 Mad Men
0.5 Curb Your Enthusiasm
0.5 Dexter
0.3 Bored To Death
0.3 Californication

* NBC’s football, Fox’s animated sitcoms and ABC’s dramedies all hit season lows. (Recall that the 2009 premieres of "Desperate Housewives" and "Brothers & Sisters" already fell 37% and 35% respectively from their 2008 premieres; both shows are now below even those levels.)

* “60 Minutes” got a big boost from CBS’ football overrun, but ratings momentum drained away by the time the network’s “Three Rivers” and “Cold Case” rolled around; both dramas hit season lows.

* Fox snuck a new episode of “Brothers” in at 7 p.m. (TV Guide told us to expect a “Cleveland” repeat) and, in its first airing outside the Fox Friday Death Slot, the Strahan sitcom hit its (very low) best number ever.

James Hibberd’s analysis is here.

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