Ratings: ‘The Toy Box’ Again Sets ABC Up for Failure

It’s time to put “The Toy Box” away in the attic, ABC.

The “Shark Tank”-for-kids series again let the Disney broadcaster down, losing badly to its Big 4 competition at 7 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos” and two hours of actual “Shark Tank” didn’t exactly light the world on fire, either.

NBC comfortably won Sunday in the key 18-49 demographic, though CBS is currently averaging more overall viewers. The below Nielsen numbers are subject to some adjustment for both networks, however, due to the nature of live sports.

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NBC was first in ratings with a 3.6 rating/12 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and second in total viewers with an average of 10.7 million, according to preliminary numbers. Those numbers aren’t that impressive for a pregame show and primetime football, but they (mostly) did the trick on Sunday.

CBS was second in ratings with a 1.9/6 and first in viewers with 10.9 million. Following an NFL afternoon football overrun, “60 Minutes” at 7:30 put up a 2.4 and 14.5 million viewers. At 8:30, “Wisdom of the Crowd” had a 1.1 and 8 million viewers. “NCIS: Los Angeles” at 9:30 got a 0.9 and 7.8 million viewers. At 10:30, “Madam Secretary” received a 0.7 and 5.7 million viewers.

Fox was third in ratings with a 1.2/4 and fourth in viewers with 3 million. Following a rerun, “Bob’s Burgers” at 7:30 had a 1.6/5 and 3.8 million viewers. At 8, “The Simpsons” got a 1.3/4 and 2.9 million viewers. “Ghosted” at 8:30 received a 1.0/3 and 2.5 million viewers. “Family Guy” at 9 landed the same rating/share, but dipped to 2.3 million viewers. At 9:30, “The Last Man on Earth” managed a 0.8/3 and 1.9 million viewers.

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ABC was fourth in ratings with a 0.7/3 and third in viewers with 3.6 million. “The Toy Box” at 7 settled for a 0.4/1 and 2.4 million viewers. At 8, “America’s Funniest Home Videos” had a 0.9/3 and 4.4 million viewers. At 9, the first hour of “Shark Tank” got a 0.9/3 and 4 million viewers. Hour 2 slipped to a 0.7/3 and 3.3 million viewers.

Univision and Telemundo tied for fifth in ratings, both with a 0.5/2. Univision was fifth in total viewers with 1.7 million, Telemundo was sixth with 1.2 million.

The CW does not nationally program Sunday nights.