NBC was the big winner in Sunday prime, with Sunday Night Football leading to a 4.7 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 20 share. That easily beat CBS’ 1.5/7.
Football Night in America dropped 4% to 2.5 on NBC and the pre-game posted a flat 4.6. Patriots versus Texans, a rare loss for the New Englanders, did a 5.5. That was 15% better than Packers versus Niners the week before.
On CBS, it was an NFL game creeping into prime. 60 Minutes got a 1.9, way better than the 0.7 it did with no football lead-in last week. NCIS: Los Angeles went up 17% to 0.7 and Madam Secretary scored a level 0.4.
ABC did a 0.6/3 and Fox a 0.6/2. On ABC, America’s Funniest Home Videos did a flat 0.8 and special Santa Claus Is Coming to Town a 0.7. Shark Tank posted a 0.6 and The Rookie a 0.5, those two flat.
On Fox, The Simpsons got a 0.7 (it did a 1.8 with an NFL lead-in last week) and special Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas a 0.5. Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy both scored a 0.6, the pair down 33% from last week.
Univision rated a 0.3/1 and Telemundo a 0.2/1. It was 0.3s for Aqui Y Ahora, special Nuestra Navidad and Futbol Mexicano Primera Division on Univision. Aqui was down a tenth.
Telemundo had an Exatlon Estados Unidos special, then the film Creed, both at 0.2.
The CW got a 0.2/1. Batwoman rated a 0.3 and Supergirl a 0.2, both shows flat.
