Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins on Strong ‘Little Big Shots’
NBC took top ratings honors Sunday, posting a 1.0 rating in adults 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. Following a Little Big Shots repeat, NBC aired a fresh one, good for a 1.5 and up 25%. Chicago Justice did a flat 1.0 and Shades of Blue grew 14% to 0.8.
ABC and Fox both put up a 0.8/3. ABC had America’s Funniest Home Videos at 1.1, up a tenth of a point, while Once Upon a Time grew 13% to 0.9. Match Game climbed 14% to 0.8 and the season finale of American Crime went up 33% to 0.4.
Fox had Bob’s Burgers at a flat 0.7 and The Simpsons at 1.0, up 11%. Making History did a flat 0.6 and Family Guy a 1.2, up a tenth of a point, before Last Man on Earth climbed 14% to 0.8.
CBS had a 0.7/3. 60 Minutes did a 0.8 and NCIS: Los Angeles was at 1.0. Madam Secretary rated a 0.7 and Elementary a 0.5; all four shows were flat with last week.
Among the Spanish-language players, Univision did a 0.5/2 while Telemundo did a 0.4/1.
Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter
The smarter way to stay on top of broadcasting and cable industry. Sign up below
Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.