Sunday Ratings: All about the brackets
Posted Mar 21st 2005 4:50PM by David Thomas
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, 60 Minutes, Arrested Development, The Contender, Crossing Jordan, Desperate Housewives, The Simpsons

The Duke-Mississippi State game running
into primetime gave CBS the nightly ratings with the game's 16.4
million viewers. That crowd stuck around for “60 Minutes” drawing
16.3 million viewers and “Cold Case” with 16.5 million. Even
“Spring Break Shark Attack” drew 11.5 million idiots...I mean
viewers. Over at ABC a rerun of “Desperate Housewives” attracted
13.2 million slowpokes and “Boston Legal” finished with 11.4
million. Wait a second, a new “Boston Legal” had less viewers
than “Spring Break Shark Attack?” Travesty. “The Contender”
is slowly improving to 7.8 million viewers. But that's still not good
considering “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” drew 12.3 million
and “Crossing Jordan” drew 11.2 million. “The Simpsons” are
flat these days with only 8.6 million viewers and “Arrested
Development” is doing poorly as well with 5.9 million.