Primetime Ratings: NBC Gets Ratings Shot From ‘Little Big’
NBC took a lackluster Sunday broadcast title with a 1.2 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, along with a 4 share. ABC was runner-up at 1.0/3, then CBS and Fox at 0.9/3.
NBC had a couple Little Big Shots reruns lead into a new episode, which did a 1.8, down 10%. A double run of Crowded rated a 1.2 and 1.0—last week’s did a 1.0—then Dateline scored a 1.2, up a tenth.
ABC had a rerun of America’s Funniest Home Videos before Once Upon a Time did a 1.1, The Family a 0.8 and Quantico a 1.0—all three flat with last Sunday’s performance.
On CBS, 60 Minutes rated a 1.0, down 38% from when it had The Masters leading in a week before. Madam Secretary did a 0.9, down 18%, The Good Wife a flat 0.9, and Elementary a 0.7, down 22%.
Fox had Bordertown and Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life at 0.4, both down 20%. A rerun of The Simpsons gave way to Bob’s Burgers at 1.0, down 9%. Family Guy scored a 1.4, up a tenth, and The Last Man on Earth was a flat 1.1.
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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.