Sunday Overnights: Hefty New England Patriots Victory Ignites NBC

Sunday 9/08/19

Household Ratings/Share
NBC: 11.1/19, Fox: 6.1/10, CBS: 3.4/ 6, ABC: 2.4/ 4, CW: 0.5/ 1

Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
CBS, NBC and Fox: + 3 each, ABC: -11

Ratings Breakdown:
The Pittsburgh Steelers at the New England on NBC’s Sunday Night Football topped the night (and will lead the week, no doubt) with an estimated 14.8 rating/26 share in the household overnights for the primetime portion from 8:30-11 p.m. ET. Football also resonated on Fox, which aired to 8:32 p.m. in the East Coast. All individual program results on Fox are, therefore, estimated.

On CBS, “Big Brother” was the only original option with a 3.3/ 6 in households in the 8 p.m. ABC 9-11 p.m. game shows “The $100,000 Pyramid” (#2: 2.5/ 4) and “To Tell the Truth” (#2t: 2.1/ 4) were also first run. The remainder of the evening was repeat telecasts as follows:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 2.5/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes” (R): 6.1//11 (#1)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent” (R): 1.7/ 3 (#3)
Fox – “Last Man Standing” (R): 0.9/ 2 (#4)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 2.5/ 4 (#4)
CBS – “60 Minutes” (R): 5.8/11 (#1)
NBC – Football Night in America (part 1): 4.1/ 7 (#2)
Fox – NFL Football: 10.4/19 (#1)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud” (R): 2.3/ 4 (#4)
CBS – “Big Brother”: 3.8/ 6 (#2)
NBC – Football Night in America (part 3): 5.8/10 (#1)
Fox – The OT: 8.1/14 (#1)
CW – Penn & Teller: Fool Us” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud” (R): 2.5/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Big Brother”: 3.3/ 5 (#2)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots): 15.6/23 (#1)
Fox – “The Simpsons” (R): 2.3/ 4 (#4)
CW – Penn & Teller: Fool Us” (R): 0.6/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “The $100,000 Pyramid”: 2.5/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (R): 2.0/ 3 (#4)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots): 16.3/27 (#1)
Fox – “Family Guy” (R): 1.5/ 2 (#4) (#4)
CW – “Masters of Illusion” (R): 0.4/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The $100,000 Pyramid”: 2.5/ 4 (#2)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (R): 2.0/ 3 (#3)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots): 15.2/26 (#1)
Fox – “Last Man Standing” (R): 1.5/ 2 (#4) (#4)
CW – “Masters of Illusion” (R): 0.4/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “To Tell the Truth”: 2.0/ 4 (#2t)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 2.0/ 4 (#2t)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots): 14.6/26 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “To Tell the Truth”: 2.1/ 4 (#2t)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans” (R): 2.1/ 4 (#2t)
NBC – Sunday Night Football (Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots): 12.5/24 (#1)