Desultory ratings doodad

Not a bad Sunday ratings-wise; no executive is pulling his hair out today.

Football on NBC led the way with 16 million viewers. ABC took second with "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" averaging 9.5 million over two hours (the only mildly worrying aspect of the night - that's down more than 2 million from last season), "Desperate Housewives" (18.4m) and "Brothers & Sisters" (12.35m).

CBS had "60 Minutes" (12.1m), "The Amazing Race" (10.3m), "Cold Case" (11.2m) and "The Unit" (9.75m). Fox's "Simpsons" (9.3m), "King of the Hill" (7m), "Family Guy" (9.2m) and "American Dad" (6.86m) scored well in the 18-49 demo, so their lower numbers are forgiven by advertisers who don't even want to think about people over the age of 50 seeing their commercials and buying their products.

And an estimated 57 million people who care about the fate of the country watched the McCain/Obama debate Friday night.