Sunday Overnights: Football Rules on NBC and Fox

Sunday, December 9, 2018

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 9.0/16, Fox: 7.6/13, CBS: 5.3/ 9, ABC: 2.4/ 4, CW: 1.1/ 2

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
Fox: +12, NBC: + 5, ABC: no change, CBS: – 2

Ratings Breakdown:
Football ruled last night, of course, with the Los Angeles Rams/Chicago Bears match-up on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” netting an estimated 13.1 overnight household rating and a 6.8 rating among adults 18-49 from 8:30-11:30 p.m. ET. A primetime football overrun on Fox, meanwhile, scored an approximate 17.0 household rating in the 7 p.m. half-hour, which lifted the network for the entire evening.

Elsewhere, The CW aired a Sunday 8 p.m. edition of its most-watched series, “The Flash,” which was an improvement over regularly scheduled “Supergirl” with a 1.4 rating/2 share in the household overnights. But that did not help lead-out “Charmed,” which slipped to a 0.8/ 1 at 9 p.m.

In season-finale news, ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars Junior” concluded with a modest 2.7/ 5 in the 8 p.m. hour (#4), which led into a similarly lackluster 2.5/ 4 for “Shark Tank” at 9 p.m. On CBS, there was nothing unusual to report with its combination of granddaddy “60 Minutes” (#2: 6.8/11 at 7 p.m.), freshman “God Friended Me” (#2: 5.3/ 8 at 8 p.m.), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (#2: 5.2/ 8 at 9 p.m.) and “Madam Secretary” (#2: 4.0/ 7 at 10 p.m.).

What follows is the breakdown by half-hour for Sunday, December 9:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 2.6/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 6.7/11 (#2)
NBC – “Football Night in America” (part one): 1.3/ 2 (#4)
Fox – Football overrun: 17.0/29 (#1)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 2.6/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 6.9/11 (#2)
NBC – “Football Night in America” (part two): 2.4/ 4 (#4)
Fox – “The OT”: 17.5/29 (#1)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Dancing With the Stars Juniors” (season or series finale): 2.6/ 4 (#4)
CBS – “God Friended Me”: 5.5/ 9 (#2)
NBC – “Football Night in America” (part three): 7.8/13 (#1)
Fox – “The Simpsons”: 4.9/ 8 (#3)
CW – “The Flash”: 1.4/ 2 (#4)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Dancing With the Stars Juniors” (season or series finale): 2.8/ 5 (#3t)
CBS – “God Friended Me”: 5.1/ 8 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Los Angeles Rams at Chicago Bears) 12.3/20 (#1)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers”:2.8/ 5 (#3t)
CW – “The Flash”: 1.4/ 2 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Shark Tank”: 2.5/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles”: 5.2/ 8 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Los Angeles Rams at Chicago Bears) 13.6/22 (#1)
Fox – “Family Guy”: 2.4/ 4 (#4)
CW – “Charmed”: 0.8/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Shark Tank”: 2.5/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles”: 5.1/ 8 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Los Angeles Rams at Chicago Bears) 14.1/23 (#1)
Fox – “Rel”: 1.4/ 2 (#4)
CW – “Charmed”: 0.7/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Shark Tank” (R): 1.6/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “Madam Secretary”: 4.2/ 7 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Los Angeles Rams at Chicago Bears) 13.0/22 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Shark Tank” (R): 1.65 3 (#3)
CBS – “Madam Secretary”: 3.8/ 7 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Los Angeles Rams at Chicago Bears) 13.4/24 (#1)