Primetime Ratings: ‘Sunday Night Football’ Drops on NBC

NBC won Sunday prime with football, the network posting a 3.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 15 share. In second was CBS, also paced by the NFL, at 1.7/7.

NBC had Football Night in America up 31% to 2.1 and the pregame fell 17% to 3.5. The Sunday Night Football match, Steelers versus Chargers, fell 22% from last week for a 3.9. Last week was Colts-Chiefs.

CBS had an NFL overrun leading into 60 Minutes at 2.1, a 133% gain from last week. God Friended Me went up 29% to 0.9 and NCIS: Los Angeles grew 14% to 0.8, then Madam Secretary shot up 25% for a 0.5.

ABC and Fox both scored a 0.7/3. On ABC, America’s Funniest Home Videos, Kids Say the Darndest Things and Shark Tank all posted a 0.7. Home Videos went up a tenth, Kids Say lost 22% and Shark Tank was flat. The Rookie got a flat 0.6.

On Fox, comedy repeats led into The Simpsons at 0.8 and Bless the Harts at 0.6. (The shows did a 2.6 and 1.3 last week with a football lead in.) Bob’s Burgers slid 36% to 0.7, and Family Guy lost 22% for a 0.9.

Telemundo scored a 0.4/2 and Univision a 0.3/1. On Telemundo, three hours of Exatlon Estados Unidos rated a 0.4 and El Secreto de Selena a 0.3, both flat.

On Univision, it was 0.3s for Aqui Y Ahora, Reina de la Cancion and Cronicas, Aqui and Cronicas flat and Reina down a tenth.

The CW did a 0.2/1. Batwoman and Supergirl both got a 0.3. Batwoman lost 40% from premiere and Supergirl dropped 25%. 

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.