Primetime Ratings Sunday: NBC Wins With Steelers-Bills
Fox’s animated comedies get a big boost from football
NBC easily won the Sunday ratings battle, with Sunday Night Football pacing the net to a big number. NBC got a 3.2 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 17 share. In second was Fox at 1.8/9.
Football Night in America lost 21% on NBC for a 1.5 and the game, Steelers versus Bills, a 3.8 as Buffalo came out on top. That was up a tenth from Broncos-Chiefs last week.
Fox had Packers-Lions at the start of prime, then The OT at 3.0. The Simpsons got a 1.3, up a mile from when it had no NFL lead in last week, and Bless the Harts shot up 50% to 0.6. Bob’s Burgers rated a 0.6 and Family Guy a 0.7, the pair up a tenth of a point apiece.
CBS got a 0.5/3. 60 Minutes rated a 0.7 and NCIS: Los Angeles grew 25% to 0.5, then NCIS: New Orleans lost 20% for a 0.4. An NCIS rerun closed out prime.
Univision rated a 0.4/2. Aqui y Ahora tallied a 0.5 and Futbol Central a 0.4, then the Liga MX final a 0.4.
ABC and Telemundo both rated a 0.3/2. A rerun of The Disney Holiday Singalong started off prime on ABC and Supermarket Sweep dropped 17% for a 0.5. Who Wants to be a Millionaire shed 40% for a 0.3 and Card Sharks lost 33% for a 0.2.
Telemundo aired movies Tomb Raider and Precious Cargo.
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The CW scored a 0.1/0. The Pandora finale and The Outpost both got a 0.0, the pair both down a tenth.
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.