Sunday's ratings summary:
7 pm/ET
NBC's coverage of the Miss USA Pageant averaged nearly 5 million viewers over its two-hour run.
8 pm
The Amazing Race topped the hour with 10.4 million total viewers, followed by a repeat of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (7.56 mil). Fox's Sit Down, Shut Up premiered to 5.2 mil, fumbling 20 percent of lead-in The Simpsons' audience.
9 pm
An audience of 13.65 million turned up for Desperate Housewife Edie's final hurrah, a 7 percent drop from the show's last fresh outing. CBS/Hallmark's The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler placed second, averaging 9.82 mil over its two-hour run. (Watch my video Q&A with Anna Paquin here, fourth item down.) Celebrity Apprentice's double-elimination drew 8.32 mil, a three-week high.
10 pm
Brothers & Sisters topped the demos but was matched in total viewers (9.63 mil) by Irena Sendler; in fact, CBS' TV movie pulled ahead of the ABC serial by the end of the night.
Other ratings mentions:
• On Friday, Prison Break returned to an audience of 3.38 mil, plunging 32 percent from its winter finale.
• NBC's Kings, in its first Saturday-night showcase, delivered 2.41 mil, down 33 percent from its most recent Sunday outing.
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Eva Longoria is speaking out about the news that her Desperate Housewives costar Nicollette Sheridan will be moving from Wisteria Lane.
During the NBA All-Star game in Phoenix, Entertainment Tonight caught up with the Housewives hottie to get her take on Sheridan leaving the show. "She's taking it great," said Longoria. "She's looking forward to new adventures, and she's a star, so she's going to go on to great things."
Watch the video for the full interview, after the jump.
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After five seasons on Desperate Housewives, the saucy, sassy Edie Britt is leaving the show, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
"[Nicollette] had a great time on the show and is looking forward to her next project," a rep for Sheridan said in a statement.
Get the details after the jump.
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