Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins Big With NFC Championship

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Fox crushed all comers with the NFC Championship game Sunday, riding Eagles-Vikings to an 8.9 average in viewers 18-49 in prime, and a 29 share. No other network averaged a full ratings point in that demo.

The NFC Championship did an 11.7, and the premiere of medical drama The Resident on Fox rated a 2.7.

ABC and CBS both did a 0.8/3. ABC had an America’s Funniest Home Videos repeat, then a new episode down 33% from last week at 0.8, and a double run of Shark Tank at 1.0 and 1.0. Last week’s Shark Tank double shot did a 1.3 and 1.2.

On CBS, two hours of 60 Minutes scored a 1.2 and 0.8. Last week’s did a 0.8. Repeats of SWAT and NCIS: Los Angeles followed.

NBC rated a 0.7/2. It aired repeats of Little Big Shots and Ellen’s Game of Games.

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.