Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins on Big ‘Big Brother’

CBS was tops in Sunday ratings, putting up a 0.9 score in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. Next up was ABC at 0.8/3.

After 60 Minutes scored a 0.7, Big Brother did a 1.9 for CBS, up 6%, and Candy Crush was down a tenth of a point at 0.5.

For ABC, an America’s Funniest Home Videos repeat started off prime.

Celebrity Family Feud did a 1.0, then Steve Harvey’s Funderdome a 0.7, down a tenth of a point, and $100,000 Pyramid at a flat 0.7.

NBC was at 0.7/3. It aired repeats of Dateline, The Wall and American Ninja Warrior.

Fox did a 0.3/1. Following repeated comedies, the American Grit finale did a 0.3, down a tenth of a point.

On the Spanish-language networks, Telemundo did a 0.3/1 and Univision a 0.2/1.

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.