Preliminary ratings for last night’s episode are now available: For the night, CBS averaged a 9.1 rating/14 share. ABC claimed second at 7.3/11, edging NBC’s 7.1/11. FOX was a close fourth at 6.8/10. Among adults 18-49, FOX came out ahead with a 5.0 rating in the coveted demographic. CBS moved to the front at 8 p.m. with the 9.3/14 for “Cold Case.” ABC was second with the 8.2/12 for the first hour of the AMAs. Two episodes of “The Simpsons” (The President Wore Pearls, rerun of The Bart Of War) averaged a 7.0/10 on FOX.
For the week, The President Wore Pearls scored 12.74 million viewers at #25, and The Bart Of War got 12.32 million at #32.