Primetime Ratings Sunday: NBC Wins With Chiefs-Raiders

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NBC won the Sunday ratings derby, with Sunday Night Football leading the way. NBC rated a 3.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, with a 19 share. In second was Fox, which had the NFL at the start of prime, at 2.0/10. 

Football Night in America grew 6% to 1.7 on NBC and Chiefs versus Raiders posted a 4.1, up 14% from Ravens-Patriots last week. 

Fox had Packers-Colts at 4.3 and The OT at 4.2. The Simpsons went up 25% to 1.5 and Bless the Harts increased 17% to 0.7, then Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy both lost a tenth for a 0.6. 

ABC did a 0.9/5 and CBS a 0.6/3. ABC had America’s Funniest Home Videos down 29% to 0.5 and the American Music Awards at 0.9, down 47% from last year. Taraji P. Henson hosted the awards.

CBS had 60 Minutes at 0.9, down 55% from last week. NCIS: Los Angeles slid 40% to 0.6, then NCIS: New Orleans tallied a flat 0.5. An NCIS rerun got CBS to the end of prime. 

Univision rated a 0.3/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/1. Univision had Aqui y Ahora at 0.3 and Tu Cara Me Suena at 0.4, both up a tenth. Sal y Pimenta got a flat 0.3. 

Telemundo had movies Mechanic: Resurrection and Death Wish

The CW scored a 0.1/0. Pandora and The Outpost both got a 0.1. Pandora went up a tenth and Outpost was flat. 

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.