ABC's Sunday night telecast of the American Music Awards
marked an all-time ratings low for the award show while Sunday Night Football helped NBC win the night, according to
Nielsen overnight numbers.
The AMAs tumbled 22% from last year's show to a 4.3 preliminary
rating with adults 18-49, its lowest-rated telecast to date with the demo.
NBC topped the night with a 6.6 rating/16 share with the key
adults demo. Sunday Night Football
scored its fourth strongest game ever, pulling a preliminary 7.6/18 with adults
18-49, though these ratings are subject to significant adjustment in the final
numbers.
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CBS took third place behind ABC with about 11 minutes of NFL
overrun, making the network's numbers with adults 18-49 approximate at best: Amazing Race and Undercover
Boss both earned a 3.1 while CSI: Miami
pulled a 2.2.
Without an NFL booster,
Fox's animation lineup was down across the board this week. The Simpsons were down
26% with adults 18-49 versus last week to a 2.9, The Cleveland Show
fell 23% to a 2.4 and Family Guy was down a tick to a 3.3 rating. American Dad slipped
