CBS has announced that an average of nearly 22 million viewers watched Jenna outwit, outplay and outlast Matthew and be crowned the ultimate "survivor," according to Nielsen preliminary affiliate based ratings for Sunday, May 11. For those wondering, this is down over 2 million viewers from the "Survivor: Thailand" finale of 24.08 million viewers (which itself was down almost 2 million viewers from the 25.9 million viewers of last May's "Survivor: Marquesas.")
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From 8:00-10:00PM, "Survivor: The Amazon" season finale posted an 11.6/19, winning its time period in households, viewers (21.86m), adults 25-54 (9.8/23), adults 18-49 (8.7/22) and adults 18-34 (7.2/21). This is CBS's best delivery in the Sunday 8:00-10:00PM time period since the Grammy Awards on 2/23/03.
From 10:00-11:00PM, "Survivor: The Amazon Reunion" was first in households (10.6/17), viewers (18.79m), adults 25-54 (9.3/21), adults 18-49 (8.6/22) and adults 18-34 (7.5/22). "Survivor: The Amazon Reunion" topped NBC and ABC combined in adults 18-34 (7.5/22 vs. 5.2/15), adults 18-49 (8.6/22 vs. 7.2/18) and adults 25-54 (9.3/21 vs. 8.6/20).
60 MINUTES led off the night, winning its time period in households (8.2/16), viewers (11.97m), adults 25-54 (3.1/10) and tied for second in adults 18-49 (2.1/8, with ABC).
For the night, CBS was first in households (10.5/18), viewers (18.62m), adults 25-54 (8.0/20), adults 18-49 (7.0/19) and adults 18-34 (5.7/18).