Primetime Ratings Sunday: Football Down a Tick But NBC On Top
Fox comedies grow thanks to football lead-in
NBC had the winning score Sunday, thanks to Ravens-Patriots on Sunday Night Football. NBC got a 3.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 17 share. In second was Fox at 1.4/7.
Football Night in America got a level 1.6 on NBC and the game, Ravens versus Patriots, a 3.6, down 8% from Saints-Bucs the Sunday before.
Fox had Bengals-Steelers starting off prime, then The Simpsons doubled its score to 1.2 and Bless the Harts shot up 50% to 0.6. Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy both grew a tenth to 0.7.
CBS got a 0.9/5 and ABC a 0.6/3. CBS had 60 Minutes down 29% to 2.0 and NCIS: Los Angeles at a flat 1.0. NCIS: New Orleans lost 17% for a 0.5 and led into an NCIS rerun.
On ABC it was America’s Funniest Home Videos at a flat 0.7 and Supermarket Sweep up 14% to 0.8. Who Wants to be a Millionaire grew 25% to 0.5 and Card Sharks posted a flat 0.3.
Telemundo and Univision both scored a 0.3/2. Telemundo had movies White House Down and Blood Father.
Univision had Aqui y Ahora down a tenth at 0.2 and Tu Cara Me Suena and Sal y Pimienta at 0.3, Tu Cara flat and Sal down a tenth.
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The CW scored a 0.1/0 with a rerun of the IHeartRadio music festival.
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.