Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With NASCAR
‘Cup Series’ gives NBC a jolt
NBC had the top score in Sunday prime, with NASCAR action pacing the net. NBC got a 0.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 3 share. ABC was next at 0.4/3.
NASCAR Cup Series led off NBC’s prime at 0.6 and then 0.7. An America’s Got Talent rerun followed. NASCAR went to 9 p.m. ET and aired in the Eastern and Midwestern zones, with Hollywood Game Night airing on NBC in the Mountain and Pacific zones.
ABC had reruns of America’s Funniest Home Videos, Celebrity Family Feud, Press Your Luck and Match Game.
CBS and Univision both got a 0.3/2. CBS had two episodes of 60 Minutes down 33% to 0.4 and repeats of NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans.
Univision had Aqui y Ahora up 50% to 0.3 and the movie Independence Day: Resurgence.
Telemundo did a 0.2/2 with movies End of Days and John Wick.
Fox got a 0.2/1 with comedy reruns.
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The CW scored a 0.1/1 with repeats of DC’s Stargirl and Penn & Teller: Fool Us.
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.