2017 Primetime Emmy Awards on CBS Dip to Historical Low

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

What follows are the metered market household results by half-hour for Sunday, August 20, 2017:

Household Rating/Share
Fox: 9.8/16, NBC: 9.1/15, CBS: 7.5/13, ABC: 2.1/ 4

-Percent Change From the Comparable Year-Ago Week:
Fox: +654, CBS: -10, NBC: -13, ABC: -71

Ratings Breakdown:
Football last night prevailed over “The 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards” on CBS, which scored an 8.2 rating/14 share in the household overnights form 8-11 p.m. While that was almost identical to the 8.4/13 on ABC on the year-ago evening, last year’s telecast was also the smallest audience for any “Emmy Awards” telecast on record with 11.38 million viewers and a 2.8 rating in adults 18-49 (based on the Live + Same Day data). For the complete listing of winners, click here https://programmingins.wpengine.com/network/handmaids-tale-veep-little-big-lies-snag-top-3-awards-primetime-emmys/

The 34 to 23 victory for the Atlanta Falcons over the Green Bay Packers averaged an estimated 12.6/21 on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” from 8:30-11:30 p.m. As always, results for any live sporting event are always estimated.

On Fox, a 15.6/29 for the half-hour primetime football overrun at 7 p.m. into a 14.6/26 for pre-game “The OT” at 7:30 p.m. (both approximate) offered ample lead-in support to episode two of “The Orville.” This second Sunday night telecast of “The Orville” averaged an estimated 9.4/15 in the 8 p.m. hour, which is a 68 percent improvement from the already solid 5.6/ 9 debut one week earlier. Of course, “The Orville” will come down to earth, so to speak, when it launches in the Thursday 9 p.m. hour out of the season-premiere of moderately rated “Gotham” this week.

Also in originals last night was “60 Minutes” on CBS (#1: 5.4/10 at 7 p.m.) and ABC game shows “Steve Harvey’s Funderdome” (#4: 1.9/ 3 at 9 p.m.) and “The $100,000 Pyramid” (#3: 2.0/ 3 at 10 p.m.), which could not compete opposite football and “The Emmys.”

What follows are the household overnight results for Sunday, August 27:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 2.3/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 5.4/10 (#1)
NBC – Football Night in America, part 1: 1.6/ 3 (#3)
Fox – NFL Football: 15.6/29 (#1)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 2.6/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 5.3/ 9 (#1)
NBC – Football Night in America, part 2: 2.3/ 4 (#4)
Fox – “The OT”: 14.6/26 (#1)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud” (R): 2.3/ 4 (#4)
CBS – “69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards”: 7.8/13 (#2)
NBC – Football Night in America, part 3: 4.4/ 7 (#3)
Fox – “The Orville”: 11.4/19 (#1)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud” (R): 2.3/ 4 (#4)
CBS – “69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards”: 7.9/13 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football: Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons: 11.0/18 (#1)
Fox – “The Orville”: 7.5/12 (#3)

9:00 p.m.`
ABC – “Steve Harvey’s Funderdome”: 1.9/ 3 (#4)
CBS – “69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards”: 8.6/14 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football: Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons: 13.8/22 (#1)
Fox – “The Simpsons” (R): 4.1/ 6 (#3)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Steve Harvey’s Funderdome”: 1.8/ 3 (#4)
CBS – “69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards”: 8.5/14 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football: Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons: 14.6/24 (#1)
Fox – “The Simpsons” (R): 2.9/ 5 (#3)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “The $100,000 Pyramid”: 2.0/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards”: 8.5/14 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football: Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons: 13.0/22 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “The $100,000 Pyramid”: 2.0/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards”: 8.3/14 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football: Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons: 12.2/21 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research