Sunday Overnights: ’60 Minutes’ and ‘Big Brother’ Lead CBS to Victory

SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2017

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

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 3.2/ 6, ABC: 2.6/ 5, NBC: 1.8/ 3, Fox: 0.8/ 1

Note: Due to the 2016 Summer Olympics airing, percent change from the comparable year-ago period is excluded.

Ratings Breakdown:
CBS topped the evening in the household overnights thanks to the 7-9 p.m. combination of an encore telecast of “60 Minutes” (#1 for the night: 5/7 rating/11 share) and perennial summer guilty pleasure “Big Brother” (#1: 4.0/ 7), which is a lock for nightly dominance in all the key young adult demographics. If Christmas really wants to make a move, now is the time to get Jason or floater Matt out of the house.

In the original sports department was the P&G Championships – Women’s Events on NBC, which limped along with a 2.0/ 4 from 7-9 p.m. Also original was CBS game show “Candy Crush,” which dipped to a mere 1.3/ 2 from 9-10 p.m. with retention out of lead-in “Big Brother” of just 32 percent. Note to host Mario Lopez: Keep you day job on “Extra”!

“Steve Harvey’s Funderdome” on ABC, meanwhile, scored a typical 2.5/ 4 in the 9 p.m. hour.

What follows are the household overnight results for Sunday, August 20:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 2.5/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “60 Minutes” (R): 5.6/11 (#1)
NBC – Gymnastics (P&G Championships – Women’s Events): 1.9/ 4 (#3)
Fox – Golf: 0.5/ 1 (#4)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 2.6/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “60 Minutes” (R): 5.9/11 (#1)
NBC – Gymnastics (P&G Championships – Women’s Events): 1.8/ 3 (#3)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers” (R): 0.6/ 1 (#4)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud” (R): 2.9/ 6 (#2)
CBS – “Big Brother”: 4.3/ 8 (#1)
NBC – Gymnastics (P&G Championships – Women’s Events): 2.1/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “The Simpsons” (R): 0.8/ 1 (#4)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud” (R): 2.9/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “Big Brother”: 3.8/ 7 (#1)
NBC – Gymnastics (P&G Championships – Women’s Events): 2.2/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “Family Guy” (R): 0.9/ 2 (#4)

9:00 p.m.`
ABC – “Steve Harvey’s Funderdome”: 2.6/ 4 (#1)
CBS – “Candy Crush”: 1.5/ 3 (#2t)
NBC – “American Ninja Warrior” (R): 1.5/ 3 (#2t)
Fox – “The Simpsons” (R): 0.9/ 2 (#4)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Steve Harvey’s Funderdome”: 2.4/ 4 (#1)
CBS – “Candy Crush”: 1.2/ 2 (#3)
NBC – “American Ninja Warrior” (R): 1.5/ 3 (#2)
Fox – “Family Guy” (R): 1.0/ 2 (#4)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “The $100,000 Pyramid” (R): 2.5/ 4 (#1)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (R): 1.7/ 3 (#2)
NBC – “American Ninja Warrior” (R): 1.5/ 3 (#3)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “The $100,000 Pyramid” (R): 2.6/ 5 (#1)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (R): 1.9/ 4 (#2)
NBC – “American Ninja Warrior” (R): 1.5/ 3 (#3)

Source: Nielsen Media Research