Sunday Overnights: ‘American Music Awards’ on ABC on the Year-to-Year Upside

What follows are the metered market household results by half-hour for the four broadcast networks for Sunday, November 19, 2017:

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 10.5/17, CBS: 6.6/10, ABC: 5.1/ 8, Fox: 1.4/ 2

-Percent Change From the Year-Ago Opening Sunday (9/25/16):
NBC: +13, ABC: + 2, Fox: -18, CBS: -25

Ratings Breakdown:
The power of network television was in full view last night with each of the Big 3 networks having something positive to report. The Philadelphia Eagles/Dallas Cowboys match-up on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” ruled the roost, as expected, with an impressive 13.5 rating/21 share in the household overnights from 8:30-11:15 p.m. ET. Annual ABC special, the “2017 American Music Awards,” was on the overnight map, with a 6.1/10 from 8-11 p.m. ET. Comparably, this was 13 percent above the 5.4/ 8 on the year-ago evening. And “60 Minutes” on CBS also resonated care of an estimated 8.8/14 from 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Note: Since the primetime football overrun on CBS ended at 7:36 p.m., all individual program results are approximate. Results for any live sporting event are also estimated, of course.

Airing out of “60 Minutes” was the scripted drama combination of “Wisdom of the Cdowd” (#3: 4.6/ 7), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (#3: 4.7/ 7) and “Madam Secretary” (#3: 4.2/ 8) from 8:30 p.m. ET.

For a look at a highlight from “The American Music Awards,” click here

Fox capped off the evening with its fourth-place line-up of two episodes of animated “Bob’s Burgers” (repeat and original: 7 p.m.: 1.4/ 2; 7:30 p.m.: 1.6/ 3), granddaddy “The Simpsons” (1.8/ 3), recent entry “Ghosted” (1.3/ 2), tired “Family Guy” (1.4/ 2) and “The Last Man on Earth” (1.1/ 2).

What follows are the household overnight results for Sunday, November 19:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Toy Box” (season finale): 2.0/ 4 (#3)
CBS – NFL: 12.5/22 (#1)
NBC – Football Night in America, part 1: 2.1/ 4 (#2)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers” (R): 1.4/ 2 (#4)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Toy Box” (season finale): 2.0/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 9.5/16 (#1)
NBC – Football Night in America, part 2: 5.3/ 9 (#2)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers”: 1.6/ 3 (#4)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “2017 American Music Awards”: 5.8/ 9 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 8.2/13 (#1t)
NBC – Football Night in America, part 3: 8.2/13 (#1t)
Fox – “The Simpsons”: 1.8/ 3 (#4)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “2017 American Music Awards”: 6.2/10 (#2)
CBS – “Wisdom of the Crowd”: 5.0/ 8 (#3)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Philadelphia Eagles vs. Dallas Cowboys): 13.4/21 (#1)
Fox – “Ghosted”: 1.3/ 2 (#4)

9:00 p.m.`
ABC – “2017 American Music Awards”: 6.6/10 (#2)
CBS – “Wisdom of the Crowd”: 4.1/ 6 (#3)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Philadelphia Eagles vs. Dallas Cowboys): 14.2/22 (#1)
Fox – “Family Guy”: 1.4/ 2 (#4)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “2017 American Music Awards”: 6.2/10 (#2)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles”: 4.6/ 7 (#3)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Philadelphia Eagles vs. Dallas Cowboys): 14.5/23 (#1)
Fox – “The Last Man on Earth”: 1.1/ 2 (#4)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “2017 American Music Awards”: 6.1/10 (#2)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles”: 4.8/ 8 (#3)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Philadelphia Eagles vs. Dallas Cowboys): 13.0/21 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “2017 American Music Awards”: 5.7/10 (#2)
CBS – “Madam Secretary”: 4.3/ 8 (#3)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Philadelphia Eagles vs. Dallas Cowboys): 13.3/23 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research