Housewives premiere down for ABC

Of course NBC won the night’s ratings battle with “Sunday Night Football,” but the big news was the season premiere of ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” down 37% in the 18-49 demo from last season’s debut episode.

Sunday Overnight Nielsen ratings Ratings/Share Adults 18-49 4.9/13 3.7/10 3.3/9 3.2/8 0.8/2 Adults 18-34 4.5/13 4.1/12 2.2/6 2.6/7 0.8/2 Total Viewers (millions) 12.761 7.485 11.717 10.087 2.036

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