Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins Thanks to ‘Sunday Night Football’

NBC was the big winner in Sunday prime ratings, as Sunday Night Football led the network to a 3.8 in viewers 18-49, and a 15 share. In second was CBS at 2.0/8.

Fox did a 1.0/4 and ABC a 0.7/3.

Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.4/2.

The CW, programming its second Sunday night, did a 0.3/1.

Sunday Night Football featured the Chiefs against the Bengals. Football Night in America slipped 27% to a 1.9 and the game posted a 4.6, down 25% from last week.

CBS had an NFL over-run leading into 60 Minutes, which was up 42% at 2.7. God Friended Me grew 18% to 1.3, then NCIS: Los Angeles went up 22% to 1.1 and Madam Secretary elevated 16% for a 0.7.

On ABC, America’s Funniest Home Videos was down a tenth at 0.8, then Dancing with the Stars: Juniors did a flat 0.8. Shark Tank grew 14% to 0.8 and The Alec Baldwin Show was a flat 0.4.

The CW had Supergirl and Charmed, both at 0.4 and both down from last week’s 0.5s. 

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.