ABC Remains Out of the Competitive Loop on Sunday

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2016

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 7.0/11, Fox: 6.6/10, CBS: 6.2/10, ABC: 2.4/ 4

-Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening:
Fox: +214, ABC: -23, NBC: -36, CBS: -38

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–Winners:
Sunday Night Football (NBC)

-A Reliable Combination:
“60 Minutes” (CBS), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS), “Madam Secretary” (CBS)

-Losers:
“America’s Funniest Home Videos” (ABC), “Once Upon a Time” (ABC), “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 not the highest rated match-up by any means, but the Indianapolis Colts at the Houston Texans on “Sunday Night Football” led NBC to more overnight victory. The game averaged an estimated 9.0 rating/15 share from 8:30-11 p.m., which compared to the New England Patriots at the Indianapolis Colts on the year-ago evening (14.6/23 on 10/18/15) was down by 38 percent. As a reminder, results for any live sporting evening are always approximate.

Fox also benefited by football, with a primetime football overrun in the 7 p.m. half-hour at a massive 16.3/28 in the household overnights, followed by the combination of football and “The OT” at an also dominant 12.6/21 at 7:30 p.m.

Fox granddaddy “The Simpsons” got a boost courtesy of football, with a 4.7/ 7 in the overnights at 8 p.m. But recent entry “Son of Zorn,” a hybrid of live action and animation, dipped to a 2.4/ 4 (#3) at 8:30 p.m., followed by “Family Guy” (#4: 2.3/ 4) and “The Last Man on Earth” (#4: 1.7/ 3) at typical depressed overnight levels from 9-10 p.m.

Older-skewing CBS has a respectable Sunday care of its combination of “60 Minutes” (#2: 7.7/13), relocated “NCIS: Los Angeles” (#2: 7.1/11) and “Madam Secretary” (#2: 6.2/10) from 7-10 p.m. But “Elementary,” which should be in its last season at this point, dipped to a 3.7/ 6 at 10 p.m. (#2).

There is nothing, unfortunately, positive to report about ABC which featured its deteriorating combination of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (#3: 2.7/ 5), “Once Upon a Time” (#4: 2.3/ 4), “Secrets and Lies” (#3: 2.4/ 4) and sophomore “Quantico” (#3: 2.3/ 4), which slipped by 38 percent from the 3.7/ 6 on the year-ago evening. The first step for ABC in rebuilding Sunday is recognizing that “Once Upon a Time” needs to conclude.

What follows are the household overnight results for Sunday, October 16 by half-hour:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos”: 2.5/ 4 (#3)
CBS – 60 Minutes: 7.1/12 (#2)
NBC – “Football Night in America,” part one: 1.5/ 3 (#4)
Fox – NFL Overrun: 16.3/28 (#1)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos”: 2.9/ 5 (#3)
CBS – 60 Minutes: 8.3/13 (#2)
NBC – “Football Night in America,” part two: 2.7/ 4 (#4)
Fox – NFL Overrun/The OT”: 12.6/21 (#1)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Once Upon a Time”: 2.3/ 4 (#4)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles”: 7.3/11 (#1)
NBC – “Football Night in America, part three”: 6.1/10 (#2)
Fox – “The Simpsons”: 4.7/ 7 (#3)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Once Upon a Time”: 2.2/ 3 (#4)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles”: 7.0/11 (#1)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans): 8.9/14 (#1)
Fox – “Son of Zorn”: 2.4/ 4 (#3)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Secrets and Lies”: 2.4/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Madam Secretary”: 6.3/10 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans): 9.7/15 (#1)
Fox – “Family Guy”: 2.3/ 4 (#4)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Secrets and Lies”: 2.5/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Madam Secretary”: 6.1/10 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans): 9.4/15 (#1)
Fox – “The Last Man on Earth”: 1.7/ 3 (#4)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Quantico”: 2.3/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Elementary”: 3.9/ 6 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans): 8.7/14 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Quantico”: 2.2/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Elementary”: 3.5/ 6 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans): 9.0/15 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research