Numbers of Interest - Television Ratings for Sunday 01/10/10 - Is Chuck safe?

It's too early to tell, but you can't deny that Chuck was strong last night against tough. With a 2.9, it was the highest ratings since the post-Superbowl 3D episode. Now before you wet your pants in excitement, you have to remember that Chuck also premiered with high numbers last year but fell to dangerous levels. Tonight's episode against its usual competition will be the real test.

Without football, NBC was third with Dateline (1.0, 1.9), and Chuck which I explained above.

Fox won the night averaging 8.0 with a bit of football overrun from the exciting Cardinals-Packers game, The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special, and the Cleveland Show.

ABC was second with America’s Funniest Home Videos (1.8), Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (3.2), Desperate Housewives (4.6), and Brothers & Sisters (3.5).

CBS was finally crushed as it fell to last with 60 Minutes (1.5),  a repeat of NCIS: Los Angeles (1.1), Cold Case (1.9), and a repeat of Criminal Minds (2.1).