Primetime Ratings: ‘Big Brother’ Leads CBS to Win
CBS led the pack in Sunday ratings, scoring a 0.9 Nielsen number in viewers 18-49, per the overnights, and a 4 share. Next best ABC did a 0.8/3.
On CBS, 60 Minutes rated a 0.6. Big Brother posted a flat 1.8, and then Candy Crush scored a 0.8, down 27%. A repeat of NCIS: Los Angeles brought CBS to the end of prime.
On ABC, an America’s Funniest Home Videos repeat led into Celebrity Family Feud at 1.1, down 15%. Steve Harvey’s Funderdome and The $100,000 Pyramid were both down a tenth of a point at 0.8.
NBC had a 0.5/2 on the night. Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly scored a flat 0.4 and was followed by repeats of The Wall and American Ninja Warrior.
Fox did a 0.4/2. Repeated comedies led into American Grit at a flat 0.4.
Among the Spanish-language players, Univision did a 0.6/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/1.
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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.