TV Ratings: NBC Wins Sunday With Bears-Vikings Game

Jamie Squire/Getty Images NBC will win the Sunday night ratings race with the blowout Chicago Bears 39-10 victory over the Minnesota Vikings (which averaged an 11.2 household rating in time-zone adjusted metered market ratings).our editor recommends Joey Harrington, Fox Sports Analyst and Former NFL QB, Hit by CarNBC scores record 'Sunday Night Football' opener PHOTOS: Hollywood's Biggest Fantasy Football Fans But Fox averaged a 4.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic from 7-10 p.m. with NFL post game The OT (6.7 rating, 17.5 million viewers) and a last-minute make-up installment of The X Factor, which was pre-empted last week because of the MLB playoffs. X Factor averaged a 3.3 rating with 8.6 million viewers. PHOTOS: 10 Broadcast and Cable TV Show Most Watched By Men CBS slid into third for the night averaging a 2.2 demo rating with 10.2 million viewers with its regular Sunday lineup not impacted by its afternoon football game. 60 Minutes (1.9, 11 million) scored its season low. The Amazing Race (2.5, 9.3 million) was down 11 percent. The Good Wife was flat with a 2.1 rating (10 million), and CSI Miami rated 2.6 (10.5 million) and was up 9 percent. ABC was fourth (2.0, 6.9 million) with Desperate Housewives (2.7, 8.2 million) down 4 percent (tying its season low) and Pan Am (1.8, 5.9 million) down 5 percent, its lowest-rated telecast to date. Univision came in fifth with a 1.1, and Telemundo rated a 0.5. Below, networks ranked by demo: NBC - 4.8, 12.3 million - Sunday Night Football (Vikings vs. Bears from 8:30 - 11 p.m.): 5.7, 14.4 million FOX - 4.4, 11.6 million - Cowboys vs. Patriots (overrun until 7:30 p.m.): 8.7, 23 million - The OT: 4.7, 11.8 million - The X Factor: 3.3, 8.6 million ABC - 2.0, 6.9 million - America's Funniest Home Videos: 1.5, 6.4 million - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: 1.9, 7.1 million - Desperate Housewives: 2.7, 8.2 million - Pan Am: 1.8m 5.9 million CBS - 2.2, 10.2 million - 60 Minutes: 1.9, 11 million - Amazing Race 19: 2.5, 9.3 million - The Good Wife: 2.1, 10 million - CSI: Miami: 2.4, 10.5 million TOP 10 METERED MARKETS FOR VIKINGS-BEARS: 1. Chicago, 32.5/46 2. Minneapolis, 31.4/46 3. Las Vegas, 16.9/26 4. Norfolk, 14.6/21 5. Indianapolis, 14.3/21 6. San Diego, 14.0/24 7. Kansas City, 13.4/19 8. Milwaukee, 12.6/17 9. Richmond, 12.5/19 T10. Albuquerque, 12.3/18 T10. Sacramento, 12.3/22 TV Ratings Sunday Night Football