ABC maintained its Sunday primetime winning streak last night with a lineup of game shows that brought the network to the top of the Nielsen ratings charts, in both the key adults 18-49 demographic and overall viewers.
Meanwhile, Fox tied for last place with the Spanish-language networks, broadcasting the iHeartRadio Country Festival.
ABC was first in ratings with a 0.8 rating/4 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 4.74 million, according to preliminary numbers. Following an encore, “Celebrity Family Feud” at 8 p.m. posted a 1.0/5 and 5.8 million viewers. At 9, “$100,000 Pyramid” landed a 0.8/4 and 4.9 million viewers. At 10, “To Tell the Truth” received a 0.7/3 and 3.8 million viewers.
CBS was second in ratings with a 0.7/4 and in viewers with 4.71 million. At 7, “60 Minutes” put up a 0.7/4 and 7.4 million viewers. At 8, “Big Brother” scored a 1.5/7 and 5.5 million viewers. The rest of CBS’ primetime block was filled with reruns.
NBC was third in ratings with a 0.5/2 and in viewers with 2.8 million. The only fresh program of the evening was “Shades of Blue” at 10, which settled for 0.4/2 and 2.8 million viewers.
Fox, Telemundo and Univision tied for fourth in ratings, all with a 0.3/1.
Fox was fourth in total viewers with 1.4 million. Following a repeat of “One Strange Rock,” the iHeartRadio Country Festival from 8-10 landed a 0.3/1 and 1.7 million viewers.
Univision was fifth in viewers with 968,000.
Telemundo was sixth in viewers with 815,000.
The CW does not broadcast nationally on Sunday nights.