Ratings: 'God Friended Me,' 'Shark Tank' and Everything Else Settles in Way Behind NBC's Golden Globes

Sunday primetime belonged to NBC’s afternoon NFC playoff football game and the 76th annual Golden Globes — all anything else could do is get in line.

Airing all originals, CBS was No. 2 on the night in total viewers. The net tied with ABC — a mix of originals and encores — for second place among adults 18-49. Fox was fourth by both metrics.

Due to the nature of live telecasts and how time zones work, the below fast-national Nielsen numbers for NBC should be considered subject to significant adjustment. Click here to see how the Globes did in the more-accurate metered-market ratings. Final national numbers should be available soon.

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Per the fast nats, NBC was first in ratings with a 6.2 rating/23 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 21.2 million. NBC, which will easily remain in first place no matter what Nielsen data stream you eventually look at, benefitted from an hour of playoff football making it into primetime before the Globes took over for the next three hours.

CBS and ABC tied for second in ratings, both with a 0.8/3. CBS was second in total viewers with 6.8 million, ABC was third with 3.8 million.

For CBS, “60 Minutes” at 7 p.m. had a 0.8/3 and 7.1 million viewers. At 8, “God Friended Me” got a 0.9/3 and 4.8 million viewers. “NCIS: Los Angeles” at 9 received a 0.9/3 and 7.5 million viewers. At 10, “Madam Secretary” closed out primetime with a 0.6/3 and 5.4 million viewers.

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For ABC, following a rerun, “America’s Funniest Home Videos” at 8 had a 0.9/3 and 4.8 million viewers. At 9, “Shark Tank” got a 0.9/3 and 3.7 million viewers. A repeat followed.

Fox was fourth in ratings with a 0.7/2 and in viewers with 1.7 million. After a pair of reruns, “The Simpsons” at 8 had a 0.9/3 and 2.4 million viewers. “Bob’s Burgers” at 8:30 got a 0.9/3 and 2.3 million viewers. At 9, “Family Guy” put up a 1.0/4 and 2.4 million viewers. “Rel” at 9:30 received a 0.5/2 and 1.2 million viewers.

Univision was fifth in ratings with a 0.4/2 and in viewers with 1.6 million.

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Telemundo was sixth in ratings with a 0.3/1 and in viewers with 691,000.

The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.1/0 and in viewers with 520,000, airing only repeats.

Golden Globes 2019: 10 Snubs and Surprises (Photos)

The 2019 Golden Globe Awards were held on Sunday night, with a list of winners ranging from the woefully expected to the pleasantly surprising. Click through for TheWrap's list of biggest surprises and see the full rundown of winners here.
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Surprise: The lead actress in a drama series categories was crowded with heavyweights including nine-time Golden Globe winner Julia Roberts and last year's winner Elisabeth Moss, but ultimately the HFPA went for "Killing Eve" star Sandra Oh, making her the first Asian performer with two Golden Globes.
BBC America
Snub: "Crazy Rich Asians" broke ground with its two nominations for best picture and lead Constance Wu, but ultimately the first studio film with an Asian-American cast in 25 years was edged out by "Green Book" and "The Favourite" star Olivia Colman.
Warner Bros.
Snub: Olivia Colman took home her first Golden Globe this year for her work in Yorgos Lanthimos's period dramedy "The Favourite," but her "bitches" Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone, both nominated in the supporting category, were bested by "If Beale Street Could Talk" scene-stealer Regina King.
Fox Searchlight
Snub: NBC's "The Good Place" remains one of the most critically acclaimed comedies on the air right now, but awards recognition remains elusive for the afterlife comedy, with both Kristen Bell and the series as a whole missing out on a trophy on Sunday.
NBC
Surprise: Glenn Close took home her third Golden Globe for her role in "The Wife," upsetting a category which included Nicole Kidman, Rosamund Pike, Melissa McCarthy and the "A Star Is Born" frontrunner Lady Gaga.
Sony Pictures Classics
Snub: "A Star is Born's" Lady Gaga seemed like a shoe-in to go home with a Globe in each hand: one for acting and one for songwriting. But in a shocking upset she lost the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama category to Glenn Close, who grabbed the winner’s trophy for her role in “The Wife. And the film itself lost the biggest award of the night -- best drama -- to “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
Warner Bros.
Snub: The Julia Roberts-led drama "Homecoming" missed out on every award it was nominated for, including the TV Drama category, a leading lady statue for Roberts (which went to Sandra Oh for “Killing Eve”) and one for her co-star Stephan James.
Amazon
Surprise: Netflix's "The Kominsky Method,” starring Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin, managed to sneak up on us and swipe the best comedy series award from the favored second season of Amazon’s Globes darling “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”
Netflix
Snub: Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale" was first snubbed in noms, with only stars Yvonne Strahovski and Elisabeth Moss getting nods. Then the hits kept coming tonight, as neither of them managed to win their category, leaving “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the show that won best drama series just last year, totally shut out.
Hulu
Surprise: It looks like the HFPA was feeling nostalgic when they voted on Best Television Series — Drama this year, as they doled out the award to final season of FX’s “The Americans,” which was a real shock, as the prize was assumed to be going to either BBC America’s new series “Killing Eve” or Amazon’s Prime Video’s “Homecoming.”
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The 2019 Golden Globe Awards were held on Sunday night, with a list of winners ranging from the woefully expected to the pleasantly surprising. Click through for TheWrap's list of biggest surprises and see the full rundown of winners here.

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