Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With ‘Sunday Night Football’

NBC was the big winner in Sunday ratings, riding Sunday Night Football to a comfy win. NBC did a 4.6 in viewers 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and a 17 share. CBS was next at 1.7/6. 

NBC’s Football Night in America grew 6% to 3.4, while Sunday Night Football, Colts versus Seahawks, slipped 8% to 4.9. 

CBS enjoyed a football boost too, the NFL leading into 60 Minutes, which rated a 2.0, down 20%. Wisdom of the Crowd premiered at 1.4. The season premiere of NCIS: Los Angeles did a 1.2, up a tenth from its May finale, and a SEAL Team repeat followed. 

Fox scored a 1.3/5. After a Simpsons repeat, the season premiere of Bob’s Burgers rated a 1.3, up from its 0.7 spring closer, and the premiere of The Simpsons a 1.4, up 56% from its season finale. Ghosted had a 1.4 for its series premiere, and the season opener of Family Guy did a 1.3, up 30% from its last season’s finale. Last Man on Earth rated a 0.9, up 29% from its spring finale. 

ABC was at 0.9/3. The premiere of Toy Box scored a 0.4 and the premiere of Shark Tank a 1.3 across two hours, then the series opener of Ten Days in the Valley a 0.6.  

Univision did a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/1. 

Michael Malone

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.