Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Booming ‘SNF’

NBC won big in Sunday prime ratings, as Sunday Night Football led to a 4.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 16 share. In second was NFL-fueled Fox at 3.4/13.

Football Night in America was down 11% to 1.7 on NBC and the pre-game show grew 10% to 4.4. The game, a pitching duel between the Bears and the Rams, did a 5.3, up 10% from Steelers versus Chargers a week before.

On Fox, an NFL overrun led into The Simpsons up 75% at 2.8. Bob’s Burgers climbed 50% to 1.8 and Family Guy grew 36% to 1.5. Rel went up 33% to 0.8.

CBS got a 0.8/3. 60 Minutes dropped 31% to 0.9 and God Friended Me fell 20% to 0.8. NCIS: Los Angeles did a 0.9 and Madam Secretary a 0.6, both dramas flat.

ABC rated a 0.6/2. It aired an America’s Funniest Home Videos repeat, then the Dancing with the Stars: Juniors finale at a level 0.6. Shark Tank got a flat 0.7 and was followed by a Shark Tank repeat.

The CW did a 0.4/1 with The Flash off 14% at 0.6 and Charmed a flat 0.3.

Univision got a 0.4/1 and Telemundo a 0.3/1. 

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.