Primetime Ratings: NFL-Fueled Fox Beats NBC’s ‘Globes’

Fox grabbed the Sunday ratings title, riding the NFL playoffs to a 4.2 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 14 share. That beat NBC, which had the Golden Globes, and scored a 3.7/13 across prime.

Fox’s Panthers-Saints game inched into prime, scoring an 8.5. It was followed by The OT at 8.5, up from 3.0, then The Simpsons grew 26% to 3.4 and Ghosted climbed 80% from its last airing at 1.8. Family Guy went up 33% to 1.6 and Last Man on Earth grew 38% to 1.1.

NBC’sGolden Globes Arrivals Special did a 2.2. Hosted by Seth Meyers, the Globes rated a 5.0 from 8 to 11, with 19 million total viewers. Last year's show did a 5.6.

ABC was at 1.2/4. An America’s Funniest Home Videos repeat led into a new episode that was up 40% to 1.4. Shark Tank did a 1.3 and a second Shark Tank a 1.1. The last new Shark Tank on the air did a 0.9.

CBS did a 0.8/3. 60 Minutes weighed in at 0.8, down 38% from New Year’s Eve. Wisdom of the Crowd fell 36% to 0.7. NCIS: Los Angeles was a flat 0.9 and Madam Secretary dropped 14% to 0.6.  

Telemundo rated a 0.4/1 and Univision 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.