Sunday Overnights: Dallas Cowboys Victory Ignites Football-Populated NBC

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 10.7/19, CBS: 6.3/11, ABC: 2.9/ 5, Fox: 1.3/ 2

-Percent Change vs. the Year-Ago Week:
ABC: +38, NBC: +18, CBS: -16, Fox: -87

Ratings Breakdown:
It was no contest, of course, with “Sunday Night Football” on NBC – Cowboys 20, Giants 13 – at an estimated 13.8 household rating (and an 8.2 rating in adults 18-49) from 8:30-11 p.m. CBS also got a bump from football, with an estimated primetime overrun pushing the start of the primetime line-up (including “Big Brother”) to approximately 7:37 p.m. on the East Coast.

Also original last night was ABC’s combination of game shows “Celebrity Family Feud” (#3: 3.4/ 6) and “The $100,000 Pyramid” (#3: 3.0/ 5) from 8-10 p.m. ET. Both conclude their summer seasons next Sunday.

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Sunday, September 16, 2018 broken out by half-hour:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos”: 2.7/ 5 (#2)
CBS – Football: 15.3/29 (#1)
NBC – “Football Night in America,” part one: 1.5/ 3 (#4)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers” (R): 2.0/ 4 (#3)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos”: 3.0/ 5 (#3)
CBS – Football / “60 Minutes” (R): 10.1/18 (#1)
NBC – “Football Night in America,” part two: 5.2/ 8 (#2)
Fox – “The Simpsons” (R): 1.3/ 4 (#4)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud”: 3.3/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes” / “Big Brother”: 7.9/14 (#2)
NBC – “Football Night in America,” part three: 10.6/19 (#1)
Fox – “The Simpsons” (R): 1.4/ 2 (#4)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud”: 3.6/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “Big Brother”: 5.6/ 9 (#1)
NBC – Sunday Night Football: New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys: 13.9/24 (#1)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers” (R): 1.1/ 2 (#4)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “The $100,000 Pyramid”: 3.1/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “Big Brother” / “NCIS: Los Angeles” (R): 4.1/ 7 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football: New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys: 14.8/25 (#1)
Fox – “Family Guy” (R): 1.1/ 2 (#4)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The $100,000 Pyramid”: 2.9/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (R): 2.6/ 4 (#3)
NBC – Sunday Night Football: New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys: 13,9/23 (#1)
Fox – “Family Guy” (R): 1.1/ 2 (#4)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “To Tell the Truth” (R): 2.2/ 4 (#2t)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (R): 2.2/ 4 (#2t)
NBC – Sunday Night Football: New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys: 13.9/24 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “To Tell the Truth” (R): 2.2/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (R): 2.3/ 4 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football: New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys: 13.0/24 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research