With The Simpsons without its 8:30pm rerun this week, Bernie Mac took its place. Lets see how The Fat And The Furriest fared. Overall for the night, CBS averaged an 11.2 rating/17 share for the evening, NBC in second, ABC in third with 5.9/9 and FOX came fourth with 5.3/8. Among adults 18-49, CBS stayed in the lead with a 4.4 rating in the coveted demographic. FOX was second with a 3.8 rating. At 8 p.m., CBS’ “60 Minutes” (and “Cold Case” in some markets) had a strong 11.5/18 for the hour. FOX moved up to second with “The Simpsons” (6.8/10) and the season premiere of “The Bernie Mac Show” (6.1/9). The Simpsons came in at #33 for the week with about 12 million viewers. 89% of this audience stuck around to help The Bernie Mac Show get the figures.
