TV ratings: 'Desperate Housewives' finale helps ABC win Sunday

Fast National ratings for Sunday, May 13, 2012

"Desperate Housewives" got a series-finale boost in Sunday's ratings, drawing its biggest audience in more than a year. It and "Once Upon a Time's" first-season finale helped ABC beat out CBS and the "Survivor: One World" finale for the night.

ABC averaged 9.5 million viewers and a 5.8 rating/10 share in households for the evening. That was just enough to beat out CBS (9.4 million, 5.6/10). NBC came in third with 5.5 million viewers and a 3.5/6, while Fox (3.6 million, 2.2/4) trailed.

ABC's lead among adults 18-49 was a little wider: It averaged a 2.8 rating in the demographic to CBS' 2.3. Fox, 1.7, finished third, while NBC posted a 1.3.

Sunday hour by hour:

7 p.m.

CBS:
"60 Minutes" (9.2 million viewers, 6.1/12 households)

ABC: "America's Funniest Home Videos" (6.3 million, 3.8/8)

NBC: "Dateline" (3.6 million, 2.4/5)

Fox: "The Simpsons" rerun (2.1 million, 1.3/3)/"The Cleveland Show" (2.8 million, 1.8/3)

18-49 leader: "America's Funniest Home Videos" (1.6)

8 p.m.

CBS:
"Survivor: One World" finale (10.1 million, 5.7/10)

ABC:

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