Thanks to the Patriots, CBS Scores Big

Prime time, shime time. The first Sunday of November sweeps' top program aired in the afternoon: CBS' coverage of the New England Patriots/Indianapolis Colts game averaged a ginormous 22.5 household rating and 39 share. Did I say the day's top program? Pshaw. That was actually the best-rated afternoon regular-season NFL game in decades! Natch, those numbers helped 60 Minutes, which did better in the 18-49 demo than it had in almost two years (a 5.0 rating, 12 share), and Amazing Race, which garnered its best premiere demos since '05 (4.2/9). Also of note: Fox's "Treehouse of Horror" episode of The Simpsons scared up a 5.7 rating and a 13 share in the 18-49 demo, its best showing in about four years, and Desperate Housewives, the night's No. 1 show in the baby-faced demo, earned a 7.0 rating and a 16 share. —Ben Katner