Primetime Ratings: ‘SNF’ Down But Still Big Enough for NBC Win

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NBC rolled to a Sunday prime win, with Sunday Night Football leading the network to a 4.6 rating in viewers 18-49, and a 15 share. That easily topped the 1.8/6 put up by CBS.

Football Night in America was down 15% at 2.8 on NBC, and the game, Steelers versus Packers, fell 18% to 5.1.  

CBS had a football overrun, then 60 Minutes was off 25% at 1.5. Wisdom of the Crowd ticked up 13% to 0.9 and NCIS: Los Angeles was up 14% to 0.8.

Fox had a 1.1/4, with the Miss Universe Competition occupying all of prime. The last Miss Universe did a 1.4.

ABC rated a 1.0/3. A new America’s Funniest Home Videos increased 20% to 1.2 and Shark Tank went up 11% to 1.0. A Shark Tank repeat closed out prime.

Telemundo and Univision were both at 0.4/1.

Michael Malone
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.