Primetime Ratings: ABC, NBC Win on Soft Sunday

ABC and NBC tied for the broadcast win Sunday night, both with a 0.9 rating in viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, and a 3 share. ABC had America’s Funniest Home Videos falling 9% to 1.0, then Once Upon a Time slipped 11% to 0.8, before two hours of The Last 100 Days of Diana scored a 0.9. 

On NBC, a Little Big Shots repeat led into a new one, which was down 20% at 1.2. Chicago Justice was a flat 1.0 and Shades of Blue was off 13% at 0.7. 

CBS had a 0.8/3. 60 Minutes grew 13% to 0.9, then NCIS: Los Angeles rated a flat 1.0. Madam Secretary did a flat 0.7 and Elementary climbed 20% to 0.6. 

Fox rated a 0.7/3. Bob’s Burgers was a 0.9, up 29%, then The Simpsons did a flat 1.0. Making History rated a 0.6, same as last week, and a double run of Last Man on Earth a 0.7. Last week’s Last Man did a 0.8. 

Among Spanish-language networks, Univision had a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/1. 

Michael Malone

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.