Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals on ‘Sunday Night Football’ Lifts NBC to an Easy Victory

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2016

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 8.7/14, CBS: 8.6/14, ABC: 2.3/ 4, Fox: 2.1/ 3

-Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening:
CBS: +28, NBC:-18, ABC: -28, Fox: -65

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-Winners:
“60 Minutes” (CBS), “Sunday Night Football” (NBC)

-Honorable Mention:
“NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS), “Madam Secretary” (CBS)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Once Upon a Time” (ABC), “The Simpsons” (Fox), “Son of Zorn” (Fox), “Secrets and Lies” (ABC), “Family Guy” (Fox), “The Last Man on Earth” (Fox), “Quantico” (ABC)

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Ratings Breakdown:
It was another easy overnight Sunday victory for NBC care of the Seattle Seahawks at the Arizona Cardinals on “Sunday Night Football,” which averaged an estimated 11.5 rating/19 share from 8:30-11:30 p.m. ET. As a reminder, results for any live sporting event are always approximate.

CBS also benefited by football, with a primetime overrun leading the 7 p.m. half-hour with a hefty 14.6/25. The Eye net’s regularly scheduled Sunday night line-up is estimated due to football, of course, and it appears as follows:

CBS Sunday
7:30 p.m. – “60 Minutes”: 11.1/18 (#1)
8:30 p.m. – “NCIS: Los Angeles”: 7.6/11 (#2)
9:30 p.m. – “Madam Secretary”: 6.4/10 (#2)
10:30 p.m. – “Elementary”: 4.2/ 8 (#2)

Outside of NBC and CBS, there was little of note, with both ABC and Fox in need of a complete overhaul. An encore telecast of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” on ABC opened with a 2.7/ 4 from 7-8 p.m., which was the highest rated program on the alphabet net last night. Next was tired “Once Upon a Time” at a 2.3/ 4 at 8 p.m. (#3), which really needs to conclude this season, followed by sophomore dramas “Secrets and Lies” (#3: 2.1/ 3) and “Quantico” (#3: 2.0/ 4) from 9-11 p.m. Resting “Secrets and Lies” for one full season was, no doubt, not of benefit to ABC.

A repeat of “The Simpsons” on Fox, which included partial football in the average, opened with a 3.3/ 6 at 7 p.m., followed by “Bob’s Burgers” at a 2.7/ 4 (#4) at 7:30 p.m. Next was an original installment of “The Simpsons” (#4: 2.1/ 3 at 8 p.m.), which hit the 600 episode mark last week, followed by recently introduced “Son of Zorn” (#4: 1.4/ 2), veteran “Family Guy” (#4: 1.6/ 2) and “The Last Man on Earth” (#4: 1.4/ 2) from 8:30-10 p.m. Both ABC and Fox at this point are sinking to historical lows on the evening.

What follows are the household overnight results for Sunday, October 23 by half-hour:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 2.7/ 4 (#3)
CBS – NFL Football: 14.6/25 (#1)
NBC – “Football Night in America,” part one: 1.4/ 2 (#4)
Fox – “The Simpsons” (R): 3.3/ 6 (#2)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 2.8/ 4 (#3)
CBS – 60 Minutes: 11.5/19 (#1)
NBC – “Football Night in America,” part two: 4.1/ 7 (#2)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers”: 2.7/ 4 (#4)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Once Upon a Time”: 2.3/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 10.8/17 (#1)
NBC – “Football Night in America,” part three: 6.7/11 (#2)
Fox – “The Simpsons”: 2.1/ 3 (#4)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Once Upon a Time”: 2.2/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles”: 8.1/12 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals): 11.0/17 (#1)
Fox – “Son of Zorn”: 1.4/ 2 (#4)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Secrets and Lies”: 2.1/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles”: 7.0/10 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals): 11.6/18 (#1)
Fox – “Family Guy”: 1.6/ 2 (#4)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Secrets and Lies”: 2.2/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “Madam Secretary”: 6.7/10 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals): 12.0/18 (#1)
Fox – “The Last Man on Earth”: 1.4/ 2 (#4)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Quantico”: 2.0/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “Madam Secretary”: 6.1/10 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals): 11.0/17 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Quantico”: 2.0/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Elementary”: 4.5/ 8 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals): 11.5/19 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research