NFL, 'Simpsons' Take Sunday for FOX

NFL, 'Simpsons' Take Sunday for FOX

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Fast National ratings for Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005

The opening of the National Football League season and the 17th-season premiere of "The Simpsons" led FOX to a ratings win Sunday.

FOX scored a 6.8 rating/11 share for the night, beating out CBS' 6.0/10 (numbers for both networks may change some as they had live sports bleed into primetime in part of the country). ABC and NBC tied for third at 4.5/7 -- ABC led in total viewers, 7.04 million to 6.31 million for NBC -- and The WB trailed with a 1.6/3.