Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins on Strong ‘Little Big Shots’
NBC took top ratings honors Sunday, posting a 1.0 rating in adults 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. Following a Little Big Shots repeat, NBC aired a fresh one, good for a 1.5 and up 25%. Chicago Justice did a flat 1.0 and Shades of Blue grew 14% to 0.8.
ABC and Fox both put up a 0.8/3. ABC had America’s Funniest Home Videos at 1.1, up a tenth of a point, while Once Upon a Time grew 13% to 0.9. Match Game climbed 14% to 0.8 and the season finale of American Crime went up 33% to 0.4.
Fox had Bob’s Burgers at a flat 0.7 and The Simpsons at 1.0, up 11%. Making History did a flat 0.6 and Family Guy a 1.2, up a tenth of a point, before Last Man on Earth climbed 14% to 0.8.
CBS had a 0.7/3. 60 Minutes did a 0.8 and NCIS: Los Angeles was at 1.0. Madam Secretary rated a 0.7 and Elementary a 0.5; all four shows were flat with last week.
Among the Spanish-language players, Univision did a 0.5/2 while Telemundo did a 0.4/1.
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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.