Primetime Ratings: ‘Sunday Night Football’ Grows, NBC Wins

NBC won Sunday prime ratings thanks to Sunday Night Football, the network posting a 5.0 in viewers 18-49, along with a 17 share. Second place went to CBS at 1.8/6.

NBC did a 4.6/16 the Sunday before. Football Night in America went up 7% to 3.1, then the game, Patriots versus Falcons in a rematch of February’s Super Bowl, climbed 12% to 5.6.

CBS had an NFL lead-in, then 60 Minutes grew 14% to 2.5, Wisdom of the Crowd dropped 8% to 1.1, NCIS: Los Angeles fell 9% to 1.0 and Madam Secretary climbed 14% to 0.8.

Fox did a 1.2/4. Bob’s Burgers ticked up 18% to 1.3 and The Simpsons climbed 23% to 1.6, then Ghosted increased 10% to 1.1. Family Guy did a flat 1.2 and Last Man on Earth dropped 20% to 0.8.

ABC was at 0.7/2. Toy Box rated a flat 0.4, then America’s Funniest Home Videos grew 13% to 0.9. Shark Tank lost 18% to 0.9 before 10 Days in the Valley rated a flat 0.4.

Univision rated a 0.5/2. Telemundo did a 0.3/1, same as last Sunday.

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.