Charmed National ratings for Sunday, July 18, 2004

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Fast National ratings for Sunday, July 18, 2004

CBS easily won Sunday’s overall ratings crown, while ABC remodeled its way to a victory in the advertisers’ favorite demographic.

For the night, CBS averaged a 6.9 rating/12 share, finishing more than two ratings points ahead of ABC, 4.7/8. NBC was a close third at 4.5/8. FOX, 2.6/5, came in fourth, beating The WB, 1.4/3. ABC led in the ad-friendly adults 18-49 demographic with a 3.1 rating, thanks mostly to "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." NBC and FOX tied for second at 2.2. CBS averaged 1.9 and The WB 0.9.

CBS grabbed the lead at 7 p.m. with "60 Minutes," 7.6/15. "America’s Funniest Home Videos," 4.0/8, was second for ABC. The Olympic trials in track and field posted a 3.0/6 for NBC. Repeats of "King of the Hill" and "Malcolm in the Middle" put FOX in fourth, ahead of "Steve Harvey’s Big Time" on The WB.

"Cold Case," 7.9/15, kept CBS in first place at 8 p.m. NBC’s Olympic trials coverage and ABC’s "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" tied for second at 4.2/8. FOX averaged 2.9/5 with "The Simpsons" and "Arrested Development." The WB went with an episode of "Charmed."

At 9 p.m., a second "EM: Home Edition," 6.1/11, gave ABC an hourly win. The CBS movie "Dodson’s Journey" was second at 5.9/11. NBC’s "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" came in third. Reruns of "The Simple Life 2" and "Quintuplets" kept FOX ahead of The WB, which got a 1.5/2 from a second hour of "Charmed."

CBS’ movie drew a 6.1/11 to finish the 10 p.m. hour in the lead. "Crossing Jordan," 5.6/9, was second for NBC, while the series debut of "The Days" on ABC did okay with a 4.4/8.