Primetime Ratings: ‘Candy Crush’ Rebound Paces CBS
Thanks to a rebounding Candy Crush and typically strong Big Brother, CBS was the top scorer among broadcasters Sunday night, posting a 0.9 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share.
Next was ABC at 0.7/3.
On CBS, 60 Minutes fell 14% to 0.6 and Big Brother did a flat 1.8, before Candy Crush grew 20% to 0.6. An NCIS: Los Angeles repeat closed out prime.
On ABC, prime started with repeats of America’s Funniest Home Videos and Celebrity Family Feud. A fresh episode of Steve Harvey’s Funderdome did a level 0.8, and The $100,000 Pyramid dropped a tenth of a point to 0.7.
NBC did a 0.5/2. Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly scored a flat 0.5 and was followed by repeats of The Wall and American Ninja Warrior.
Fox was at 0.4/2. Repeated comedies led into a new American Grit at a flat 0.4.
Among Spanish-language networks, Telemundo and Univision were both at 0.3/1.
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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.