ABC’s “Quantico” reached 7-week highs on Sunday’s midseason finale, per Nielsen’s Live + Same Day ratings.
The good news for ABC is that the F.B.I. drama gets the best seven-day delayed-viewing increases across broadcast primetime. The bad news? Even with the uptick, ABC finished a fairly distant fourth place. That’s not really the Disney broadcast channel’s fault, however, as the three networks that beat it all had NFL content.
Naturally, NBC topped the evening with a Tom Brady-fueled “Sunday Night Football” game. Thanks to a football overrun, Fox finished second in the key 18-49 demographic. However, CBS edged Fox for second in total viewers.
NBC was first in ratings with a 5.2 rating/16 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 15.5 million, according to preliminary numbers. Part 1 of the pregame show at 7 had a 1.8/6 and 6.1 million viewers. Part 2 at 7:30 got a 3.1/10 and 9.3 million viewers. The conclusion of the kickoff show bled into game time at 8, earning a 5.7/17 and 17.5 million viewers for the hour. The 9 o’clock hour scored a 6.5/19 and 19.8 million viewers. The final hour of primetime posted a 5.9/18 and 17.2 million viewers.
Fox was second in ratings with a 3.1/9 and third in viewers with 8.6 million. An NFL overrun at 7 p.m. ET landed a 7.0/23 and 22.5 million viewers. The OT at 7:30 received a 4.2/13 and 12.5 million viewers. “The Simpsons” at 8 had a 2.4/7 and 6.1 million viewers. “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” at 8:30 got a 1.7/5 and 3.8 million viewers. “Family Guy” at 9 posted a 1.7/5 and 3.7 million viewers. “The Last Man on Earth” finished Fox’s primetime at 9:30 with a 1.3/4 and 3.1 million viewers.
CBS was third in ratings with a 1.2/4 and second in viewers with 8.9 million. At 7, “60 Minutes” received a 1.6/5 and 10.6 million viewers. “Madam Secretary” at 8 had a 1.3/4 and 10.2 million viewers. “The Good Wife” at 9 got a 1.1/3 and 8.5 million viewers. “CSI: Cyber” at 10 posted a 0.8/3 and 6.1 million viewers.
ABC was fourth in ratings with a 0.9/3 and in viewers with 4.1 million. At 7, “America’s Funniest Home Videos” had a 0.9/3 and 5.3 million viewers. At 8, “Behind the Magic: Snow White and Seven Dwarves” got a 0.7/2 and 3.4 million viewers. “Blood & Oil” at 9 received a 0.7/2 and 3.1 million viewers. “Quantico” at 10 posted a 1.3/4 and 4.5 million viewers.
Univision was fifth in ratings with a 0.7/2 and in viewers with 2 million.
Telemundo was sixth in ratings with a 0.4/1 and in viewers with 966,000.