Ratings for Sunday, Oct. 19: Housewives and More

Here is Sunday's ratings snapshot — minus, for the time being, CBS programming, since the Eye's 40-minute NFL overrun distorted the Nielsens. (Seriously, when is football going to solve this "overtime" problem??) 7 pm/ET The CW's In Harm's Way dipped 95K, to 635,000 total viewers. 8 pm Extreme Makeover slid 460 thou, to 10.8 million. NBC's coverage of the Seahawks-Buccaneers game averaged 8.25 mil through 11 pm, a 26 percent plunge from last week's Patriots-Chargers match-up. At eight mil, The Simpsons was up 660K from its last fresh outing, while King of the Hill (7.35 mil) gained 12 percent. The CW's Valentine (718,000) kissed off another 29 percent. 9 pm Housewives held steady at 15.25 million. Family Guy (nine mil) added 650 thou week-to-week, but American Dad (6.6 mil) was down a 250K. The CW's Easy Money (722,000) was off a hair. 10 pm Opposite a formidable Cold Case/The Unit hybrid, Brothers & Sisters slid a bit, to just over 10 million.