Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Globes

UPDATED: NBC was the big winner in Sunday prime, the 77th annual Golden Globes leading to a 5.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 26 share. Ricky Gervais hosted the gala from Beverly Hills.

ABC did a 0.6/3 and CBS and Fox a 0.5/2. Univision and Telemundo both scored a 0.3/1. The CW posted a 0.1/0.

NBC had the Seahawks-Eagles playoff game leading into the awards. The Globes got a 4.7 in 18-49 with 18.33 million total viewers. Best drama went to HBO’s Succession and Amazon’s Fleabag got best comedy. On the film side, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood got best comedy and 1917 won best drama.

Last year’s Globes, hosted by Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg, did a 4.5.

ABC had America’s Funniest Home Videos at 0.7 and Kids Say the Darndest Things at 0.5. Shark Tank got a 0.6 and a Shark Tank rerun followed.

ABC was in repeats the Sunday before.

CBS had 60 Minutes at 0.6 and God Friended Me at 0.4. NCIS: Los Angeles posted a 0.5 and an NCIS: New Orleans repeat closed out prime.

On Fox it was comedy reruns before and after a fresh The Simpsons at 0.6 and Family Guy at 0.7.

On Univision it was 0.3s for Aqui y Ahora, Eddie the Eagle and Cronicas.

On Telemundo, Tears of the Sun and Sicario both got a 0.3.

The CW had reruns of Batwoman and Supergirl

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.