Primetime Ratings: ABC, CBS Split Sunday Title
ABC and CBS both posted a 1.1 rating in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s Sunday overnights, with a 4 share. NBC was next up at 0.6/2, while Fox did a 0.5/2.
A repeat of America’s Funniest Home Videos on ABC led into Celebrity Family Feud at a flat 1.4, then $100,000 Pyramid at 1.2, down 14%, and Match Game at a flat 1.1.
On CBS, a PGA Championship overrun did a 1.3, then 60 Minutes a 1.2, up 50% from a week ago, Big Brother down 16% at 1.6, and BrainDead up 67%, from a 0.3 to 0.5.
NBC was in repeats. Fox had repeats leading into Teen Choice Awards at 0.6, down from last year’s 0.8.
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Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.