"Desperate" Halloween Tops Sunday

Although 32 million viewers who watched football overrun on CBS helped veteran newsmagazine take honors for the top-rated show of the evening, ABC's "Desperate Housewives" won the night as the hottest scripted hour and the #1 among adults 18-49 overall.

Meanwhile, CBS will hardly regret the decision to replace the anemic "Viva Laughlin" with a new cycle of "The Amazing Race" as almost 14 million viewers tuned into the season premiere of the popular reality contest.

Proving there's still Nielsen muscle in almost 2 decades old "Simpsons," FOX's signature animated series rose to #1 in adults 18-49 in its timeslot with the trademark Halloween special and bested 100th episode of "Family Guy" in total viewers.

ABC:
America's Funniest Home Videos (7.96 million)
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (13.07 million)
Desperate Housewives (18.52 million)
Brothers & Sisters (12.25 million)

CBS:
60 Minutes (18.76 million)
The Amazing Race (13.82 million)
Cold Case (13.43 million)
Shark (10.87 million)

NBC:
Football Night in America (6.97 million)
Sunday Night Football (13.90 million)

FOX:
The Simpsons (full hour) (R) (8.14 million)
The Simpsons (11.72 million)
Family Guy (full hour) (10.49 million)
American Dad (7.08 million)

The CW:
CW Now (718,000)
Aliens in America (915,000)
Life is Wild (1.07 million)
America's Next Top Model (1.13 million)

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