Primetime Ratings: ‘SNF’ Ticks Up for Pace-Setting NBC
With Sunday Night Football posting a 5.8 in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, NBC won the Sunday broadcast battle with a 5.2/15 share, ahead of CBS at 2.6/8, Fox at 0.9/2 and ABC at 0.8/2.
The game telecast was up 4% from last week, while pre-game Football Night in America was down a tenth of a point at 3.1.
On CBS, with a football overrun, 60 Minutes grew 10% to 2.3, then NCIS: Los Angeles climbed 8% to 1.4, and Madam Secretary rose 13% to 0.9. Late starting Elementary wrapped things up with a 0.6, down 14%.
Fox’s Bob’s Burgers grew 10% to 1.1, before a string of Simpsons-Son of Zorn-Family Guy-Last Man on Earth repeats.
On ABC, a repeat of America’s Funniest Home Videos led into Once Upon a Time up 11% at 1.0, and Secrets and Lies and Quantico both a flat 0.7.
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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.