CBS Sunday was the last bastion for the regularly scheduled movie night on a fall weeknight lineup. Those movies became much weaker by the mid-2000s, prompting them to join the entertainment series game on a three-hour basis. It has not been one of the network's stronger evenings, but stalwarts like Cold Case and The Amazing Race have carved out lengthy runs.
CBS Sunday
| 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | Avg | |
| 2001-02 | The Education of Max Bickford | (movies) | 69 | ||||
| 56 | 75 | 75 | |||||
| 2002-03 | Becker | Bram and Alice | (movies) | 58 | |||
| 54 | 54 | 60 | 60 | ||||
| 54 | |||||||
| 2003-04 | Cold Case | (movies) | 75 | ||||
| 86 | 69 | 69 | |||||
| 2004-05 | Cold Case | (movies) | 74 | ||||
| 91 | 65 | 65 | |||||
| 2005-06 | Cold Case | (movies) | 72 | ||||
| 91 | 62 | 62 | |||||
| 2006-07 | The Amazing Race Fall | Cold Case | Without a Trace | 100 | |||
| 100 | 96 | 105 | |||||
| 2007-08 | The Amazing Race Fall | Cold Case | Shark | 90 | |||
| 107 | 88 | 74 | |||||
| 2008-09 | The Amazing Race Fall | Cold Case | The Unit | 91 | |||
| 105 | 89 | 80 | |||||
| 2009-10 | The Amazing Race Fall | Three Rivers | Cold Case | 86 | |||
| 120 | 63 | 76 | |||||
| 2010-11 | The Amazing Race Fall | Undercover Boss | CSI: Miami | 115 | |||
| 131 | 120 | 95 | |||||
| 2011-12 | The Amazing Race Fall | The Good Wife | CSI: Miami | 99 | |||
| 122 | 85 | 90 | |||||
| 2012-13 | The Amazing Race Fall | The Good Wife | The Mentalist | 94 | |||
| 121 | 79 | 82 | |||||
| 2013-14 | The Amazing Race Fall | The Good Wife | The Mentalist | 87 | |||
| 107 | 76 | 77 | |||||
| 2014-15 | Madam Secretary | The Good Wife | CSI | 78 | |||
| 85 | 72 | 76 | |||||
| Avg | 98 | 78 | 78 | 85 | |||
2014-15 Update: Madam Secretary and The Good Wife showed some flashes of promise in the fall when they had NFL-boosted 60 Minutes lead-ins, but the whole lineup fell apart in the second half of the season. CSI became yet another veteran drama to drop almost exactly a third in the move to Sunday 10/9c Siberia. Marginal sophomore CSI: Cyber gets that "honor" for the fall, with CSI lead Ted Danson joining the cast.
Notable midseason replacements:
- After a post-Super Bowl launch in 2010, Undercover Boss became a true game-changer for the CBS Sunday lineup, averaging a 164 in its mid-season episodes (even after throwing out the SB ep)! It wasn't quite as strong in its full season on the night in 2010-11, but the pairing with CSI: Miami and a high point for The Amazing Race made for easily CBS' most competitive lineup.
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5 comments:
Oh, I miss those Cold Case days, and I don't even like procedurals, usually. A solid and fun show.
Viva Laughlin, on the other hand, was such an epic flop. LOL. I didn't quite remember it did such awful CW-like numbers on its first (and last) regular timeslot showing.
I still don't understand why CBS threw Undercover Boss from its solid slot onto Friday nights. A very deserved 36 point drop, thanks to The Good Wife. TGW, the show that keeps on giving.
A 2.3 out of a 6.5 is possibly even less impressive. I make that 35% retention, which is practically what Lone Star got out of House, isn't it?
Did LoneStar get all that? Thougth it scored a 1-something for the premiere.
But LoneStar premiered in 2010 or 2011, while Viva Laughlin three of four years before. 1.1 in 2007-2008... most of The CW shows were doing better than that at that time, I guess. I don't even know why they greenlighted that mess of a show.
The Amazing Race fell hard! I think Survivor really needs to come for the rescue of this night!
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