A total of 10.1 million viewers watched Sunday’s episode Homer’s Paternity Coot. At 8:00pm, The Simpsons was in third place behind CBS’s Cold Case and ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. In the cartoon war, 8.2 million viewers tuned in at 9pm for Family Guy and 7 million for American Dad. Two Simpsons reruns at 7:00pm came fourth in their slot.
Overall for the night, winners were CBS, ABC, NBC, with FOX lurking behind in fourth place. FOX did manage to come third amongst viewers 18-49, behind ABC and CBS.