Primetime Ratings: ABC, NBC Split Weak Night
ABC and NBC split the honors among broadcasters Sunday night, scoring twin 1.1 ratings in adults 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, with a 4 share. CBS and Fox did 0.9/3s on a lackluster ratings night.
ABC’s America’s Funniest Home Videos rated a 1.3, up a tenth, and Once Upon a Time a flat 1.2, then The Family a 0.8 and Quantico 1.0—both flat with last week.
NBC had repeats of Little Big Shots before a new episode at 1.6, down 11% from its last original Sunday airing. The Carmichael Show rated a 1.0, up 43%, and Crowded a 0.8, up 14%, then Dateline: NBC up 11% at 1.0.
On CBS, 60 Minutes, Madam Secretary and The Good Wife rated 1.0s, all level with the previous week. Elementary did a 0.8, up 14%.
Fox had comedy repeats leading in to American Country Countdown Awards at 1.0. In December, American Country Countdown did a 0.5.
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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.