Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins Soft Night
NBC won the ratings race Sunday with a 0.9 rating/3 share in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnight ratings. Little Big Shots did a 1.2, down a tenth from its last fresh airing before Chicago Justice grew 11% for a 1.0, and Shades of Blue did a flat 0.7.
ABC, CBS and Fox all had a 0.7/3. On ABC, America’s Funniest Home Videos did a 1.0 and Once Upon a Time a 0.8, up 14%. Match Game grew 17% to 0.7 and American Crime fell 25% to 0.3.
CBS saw 60 Minutes rate a 0.8, down 11%, then NCIS: Los Angeles slip 9% to 1.0. Madam Secretary had a flat 0.7 and Elementary a 0.5, down 17%.
Fox had a Simpsons repeat before Bob’s Burgers at 0.7 and then 0.9. Making History did a flat 0.6. After a Family Guy repeat, Last Man on Earth fell 13% to 0.7.
Among the Spanish-language players, Univision had a 0.5/2 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.