ABC's 'Big Give' gets big love in Sun. debut

March 04, 2008 Oprah gave big to ABC on Sunday night as the premiere of her new reality show triumphed in the Nielsen ratings. Critics may have been less than kind, but the debut of the talk show host's philanthropic reality effort "Oprah's Big Give" was the highest-rated program of the night, according to preliminary returns. Spring Cup (12.5 million, 4.7/13) pushed the start times of Fox's comedies to about 8:30 p.m. NASCAR was followed by The Simpsons (7.9 million, 3.8/9), King of the Hill (7.7 million, 4.1/10), Family Guy (7.1 million, 3.7/9) and the debut of Unhitched (N/A, 2.5/6).

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