Ratings: Broadcast Finals for February 24, 2013

On Sunday, it was all about OSCAR. The annual Hollywood love fest drew large numbers for both the red carpet coverage and the awards ceremony itself.

Kicking the night off for ABC was 90 minutes of Red Carpet coverage. It collected over 18 million viewers and a decent 4.8 demo rating. Over the last few years, the star's entry in to these awards show is almost big as the event itself.

At 8:30, the awards program started and ABC should be happy with the numbers. 40.4 million viewers and a 13.0 demo rating. That is. up 1 million viewers and a 1.3 ratings point in the demo, from last year's ceremoney.

Everything else on the night was in repeats, except THE AMAZING RACE. Not exactly sure why CBS decided to air a new episode on the night. They could have always had a 2 hour special edition and bump a repeat of THE GOOD WIFE. Anyways... It drew a decent 7 million viewers and a 1.9 demo rating. That was the best numbers by a program not on ABC for the night.

Network averages for Sunday:

ABC - 32.0 million viewers, 9.9 rating in A18-49 demo.

CBS - 5.8 million viewers, 1.1 rating in A18-49 demo.

FOX - 2.9 million viewers, 1.3 rating in A18-49 demo.

NBC - 2.8 million viewers, 0.8 rating in A18-49 demo.

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	Demo	+/-
7:00	ABC	Oscars: Red Carpet	12.44	2.9
7:30	ABC	Oscars: Red Carpet	16.50	4.3	+33%
8:00	ABC	Oscars: Red Carpet	25.53	7.3	+55%
8:30	ABC	85th Academy Awards	40.38	13.0	+58%
7:00	CBS	60 Minutes [R]	8.30	1.3
8:00	CBS	The Amazing Race	6.95	1.9	-16%
9:00	CBS	The Mentalist [R]	4.54	0.7	-35%
10:00	CBS	The Good Wife [R]	3.26	0.5	-28%
7:00	FOX	Bob's Burgers [R]	2.32	1.0
7:30	FOX	The Cleveland Show [R]	2.61	1.2	+13%
8:00	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	3.44	1.6	+32%
8:30	FOX	Bob's Burgers [R]	2.89	1.4	-16%
9:00	FOX	Family Guy [R]	3.14	1.5	+9%
9:30	FOX	American Dad [R]	2.74	1.3	-13%
7:00	NBC	Dateline [R]	4.02	0.8
8:00	NBC	Off Their Rockers [R]	3.39	0.8	-16%
8:30	NBC	Off Their Rockers [R]	2.96	0.8	-13%
9:00	NBC	SNL: The 2000's [R]	2.04	0.8	-31%

* - in millions