Primetime Ratings: Fox Comedies Start Slow

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NBC won big with Sunday Night Football on Sunday, posting a 5.7 rating in 18-49, according to Nielsen overnights, with a 17 share on the night. That easily topped CBS’ 2.5/7, while Fox showed a 1.9/5 and ABC a 0.7/2. Fox debuted the comedies Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life, at a 1.2, and Bordertown at 1.1.

Sunday Night Football ratings grew 33% over the previous week.

On CBS, 60 Minutes rode an NFL overrun to an average 4.2 before Undercover Boss averaged a 1.7. CBS then aired repeats.

On Fox, The Simpsons had a 2.0 and Family Guy, sandwiched between the newbie comedies, a 1.7.

On ABC, America’s Funniest Home Videos averaged a 1.1, then the season premiere of period-piece comedy Galavant a 0.9 before ABC went to repeats. 

Michael Malone
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.