Name a show that dominated the ratings on Sunday night. If you guessed “Celebrity Family Feud,” you just might be heading for the Fast Money round.
The premiere of the celeb-centric version of the popular syndicated game show at 8 p.m. drew top honors in both the key 18-49 demographic and in total viewers on Sunday, posting a 2.4/10 rating and 8.5 million, respectively.
The premiere of the resurrected “BattleBots” the following hour also performed well, averaging a 1.9/7 in the demo — the night’s second-best demo performance — and 5.4 million total viewers, according to preliminary numbers.
The two premieres helped push ABC to the second-place slot for the night, behind Fox, which aired the U.S. Open Golf Finals.
In addition to “Feud” and “BattleBots,” ABC aired an “America’s Funniest Home Videos” repeat at 7 and a repeat of “Castle” at 10. For the evening, the network averaged a 1.4/6 in the demo and 5.2 million total viewers — second place in both categories.
Though Fox’s numbers are approximate due to the nature of live sports, early data shows the network — which aired the U.S. Open through its extended 7 to 10:30 primetime, in first place in both the demo and total viewers, averaging a 1.7/7 in the demo for the night. Final numbers for the U.S. Open coverage will be issued by Fox Sports later on Monday.
NBC was third in ratings and fourth in total viewers with a 0.6/2 and 3 million, respectively. “Dateline” at 7 fell 25 percent from last week to tie a series low of 0.6/3 with 3.2 million total viewers, while “Dateline: My Kid Would Never Do That” the following hour posted a 0.7/3 with 3.3 million total viewers. The finale of “A.D.: The Bible Continues” at 9 held even with last week for a 0.7/2 with 3.5 million total viewers, while “American Odyssey” at 10 continued to struggle, falling off 20 percent to a 0.4/2 with 2.2 million total viewers.
CBS relied on repeats for the night, tying Univision for fourth place in the demo with a 0.5/2 and was third in total viewers with 4.2 million. Univision was fifth in total viewers with 1.4 million.
Telemundo was sixth place for the night with a 0.3/1 and 670,000 total viewers.
