Sunday night revolved around live sports, and not so much the silly stuff coming from the mouths of babes.
Last night, with a lead-in encore of “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” instead of the usual “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” ABC’s Tiffany Haddish-hosted “Kids Say the Darndest Things” lost 1 million viewers from last week.
Sorry, national pastime: NBC’s primetime NFL football ruled over Game 5 of Fox’s World Series. Due to the nature of live sports, the below fast-affiliate Nielsen numbers for NBC, Fox and a portion of CBS’ primetime should be considered subject to significant adjustment.
NBC was first in ratings with a 4.2 rating/17 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 13.8 million, according to preliminary numbers. Those Nielsen numbers are the early averages of a 90-minute pregame show and the Green Bay Packers vs. Kansas City Chiefs game itself.
Fox was second in ratings with a 2.0/8 and third in viewers with 10.2 million. That was all Game 5, which the Houston Astros won.
CBS was third in ratings with a 1.6/7 and second in viewers with 9.3 million. Following an NFL overrun, “60 Minutes” starting at 7:30 p.m. landed a 2.3/10 and 12.2 million viewers. At 8:30, “God Friended Me” got a 0.9/4 and 6.7 million viewers. “NCIS: Los Angeles” at 9:30 received a 0.7/3 and 6 million viewers. At 10:30, “Madam Secretary” had a 0.5/2 and 4.2 million viewers.
ABC was fourth in ratings with a 0.6/2 and in viewers with 3.2 million. At 7, an encore of “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” had a 0.7/3 and 3.6 million viewers. “Kids Say the Darndest Things” at 8 got a 0.6/2 and 3.2 million viewers. At 9, “Shark Tank” received a 0.5/2 and 2.8 million viewers. “The Rookie” at 10 finished primetime off with a 0.6/2 and 3.2 million viewers.
Telemundo and Univision tied for fifth in ratings, both with a 0.3/1. Telemundo was fifth in total viewers with 1.1 million, Univision was seventh with 953,000.
The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.2/1 and sixth in viewers with 1.005 million. “Batwoman” at 8 had a 0.3/1 and 1.3 million viewers. At 9, “Supergirl” got a 0.2/1 and 984,000 viewers.
17 New Fall TV Shows Ranked by Premiere Viewers: From 'Batwoman' to 'Prodigal Son' (Photos)
Broadcast is back in session: Fall TV a.k.a. the kickoff to the traditional September-to-May season, began last month with CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC and The CW starting to premiere fresh seasons of their returning shows and debuting new series. To date, 17 new fall programs have premiered on the broadcast networks and we've got each of their starts charted by total viewers below. Find our summer version of these rankings here and the midseason list here.
Rank: 17 Show: "Nancy Drew" Net: The CW Total Viewers: 1.174 million
The CW
Rank: 16 Show: "Sunnyside" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 1.794 million
NBC
Rank: 15 Show: "Batwoman" Net: The CW Total Viewers: 1.799 million
The CW
Rank: 14 Show: "Bless the Harts" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 1.808 million
Fox
Rank: 13 Show: "Perfect Harmony" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 2.601 million
NBC
Rank: 12 Show: "Almost Family" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 2.951 million
Fox
Rank: 11 Show: "Mixed-ish" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.009 million
ABC
Rank: 10 Show: "Emergence" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.111 million
ABC
Rank: 9 Show: "Prodigal Son" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 4.180 million
Fox
Rank: 8 Show: "Stumptown" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.534 million
ABC
Rank: 7 Show: "Evil" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 4.618 million
CBS
Rank: 6 Show: "Bluff City Law" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 4.727 million
NBC
Rank: 5 Show: "Kids Say the Darndest Things" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 5.399 million
ABC
Rank: 4 Show: "Bob Hearts Abishola" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 5.876 million
CBS
Rank: 3 Show: "Carol's Second Act" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 5.965 million
CBS
Rank: 2 Show: "All Rise" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 6.006 million
CBS
Rank: 1 Show: "The Unicorn" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 6.007 million
CBS
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Ratings are ”Mixed-ish“
Broadcast is back in session: Fall TV a.k.a. the kickoff to the traditional September-to-May season, began last month with CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC and The CW starting to premiere fresh seasons of their returning shows and debuting new series. To date, 17 new fall programs have premiered on the broadcast networks and we've got each of their starts charted by total viewers below. Find our summer version of these rankings here and the midseason list here.