As is the case each week in the fall, Sunday’s primetime was dominated by pro football. This week, ABC’s dramas were the NFL’s main victim, with each show dropping double-digits in the key demo.
Due to the nature of live sports, fast nationals for NBC, Fox and CBS are approximate.
NBC was first in ratings with a 4.8 rating/13 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and first in viewers with an average of 13.5 million, according to preliminary numbers. At 7 p.m., Part 1 of Sunday Night Football had a 1.4/4 and 4.5 million viewers. Part 2 at 7:30 received a 2.3/7 and 6.9 million viewers. Part 3 at 8 earned a 4.8/13 and 13.5 million viewers.
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Fox was second in ratings with a 3.7/10 and third in viewers with 9.6 million. An NFL overrun at 7 earned night-highs of a 8.3/26 and 24.5 million viewers. That ran into the postgame show at 7:30, which got a 5.8/18 and 15.7 million viewers. “The Simpsons” at 8 benefitted from that strong lead-in, scoring a 3.3/9 — up 65 percent from last week — and 7.3 million viewers. “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” at 8:30 had a 2.1/6 — a 31 percent rise from the previous Sunday — and 4.5 million viewers. Following a rerun, “Mulaney” at 9:30 received a 1.1/3 and 2.2 million viewers.
ABC was third in ratings with a 1.6/4 and fourth in viewers with 5.8 million. At 7, the season premiere of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” was flat with last year, with a 1.2/4 and 5.5 million viewers. At 8, “Once Upon a Time” fell 21 percent to a 2.6/7 and 7.7 million viewers. “Resurrection” at 9 dropped 30 percent to 1.4/4 and 5.5 million viewers. “Revenge” at 10 received a 1.2/3 –down 14 percent to tie a low — and 4.6 million viewers.
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CBS was fourth in ratings with a 1.4/4 and second in viewers with 10.1 million. At 7, an NFL overrun went into “60 Minutes,” which had a 1.2/4 and 8.9 million viewers. The rest of “60 Minutes” at 7:30 got a 1.4/4 and 10.6 million viewers. “Madam Secretary” at 8 received a 1.5/4 and 11.4 million viewers. “The Good Wife” at 9 had a 1.3/3 and 10.3 million viewers. At 10, “CSI” got a 1.4/4 and 8.8 million viewers.
Univision was fifth in ratings with a 0.9/2 and in total viewers with 2.3 million.
Telemundo was sixth in ratings with a 0.3/1 and in total viewers with 657,000.