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Of course Sunday Night Football led NBC to a win on the first Sunday night of the broadcast primetime TV season. NBC's Sunday Night Football Game 3: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Indianapolis Colts posted a 7.2 adults 18-49 rating from 8:30-11p, down from last week's Sunday night matchup (PHI Eagles vs. ATL Falcons), which delivered a 9.2 rating from 8:30-11p in the Fast Nationals before rising to a 10.0/25 from 8:31-11:47p in the Finals. I'll post a link to Sunday's final ratings here when they're available on Tuesday.

For ABC, CBS and Fox it was season/series premieres across the board on Sunday.

ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition premiered with two hours of 1.3 and 2.3 adults 18-49 ratings at 7 and 8pm respectively. That was down 13% and 8% from last year's 1.5 and 2.5 ratings. Desperate Housewives 3.1 adults 18-49 rating was down sharply (28%) from last Fall's 4.3 adults 18-49 rating, its lowest premiere rating ever. Pan Am's series premiere 3.1 rating was 7% above the season premiere of Brothers & Sisters last season (2.9 rating) a pretty nice takeoff. Our polled readers were too pessimistic.

The season premiere of The Simpsons drew a 3.8 adults 18-49 rating, up 3% from last year's 3.7 rating in the premiere. The season start for The Cleveland Show had a 3.1 adults 18-49 rating, even with the premiere last year. Family Guy scored a 4.1 rating, down 9% from last year. American Dad's had a 3.0 adults 18-49 rating even with last season's premiere (which was not on "premiere Sunday". Note that Fox didn't have the late NFL national game on premiere Sunday last year as it did last night.

he early results that are subject to likely significant revisions are: 60 Minutes 2.6 adults 18-4 rating, down 16% vs. last year. The Amazing Race 3.0 adults 18-49 rating, down 21% from last season's Fall premiere and its lowest Fall premiere rating ever. The Good Wife's 2.2 adults 18-49 rating was down 12% vs. its Tuesday 10pm premiere last season. CSI: Miami had a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating, down 31% vs. its season premiere on 10/3/10, also a lowest rated season premiere. Note that CBS had a big boost from the NFL late afternoon game last season on premiere Sunday.