Sunday Overnights: Primetime Football Overrun Leads Fox to Victory

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SUNDAY, January 13, 2019

Household Rating/Share
Fox: 11.0/18, CBS: 5.6/ 9, ABC: 2.8/ 5, NBC: 1.7/ 3, CW: 1.4/ 2

Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening:
CBS: + 6, ABC: – 7, Fox: -13, NBC: -26

Ratings Breakdown:
Fox got a boost care of an NFL Football primetime overrun (and post-game), which at a massive 24.8 rating/40 share in households in the 7 p.m. ET hour lifted the network to a rare Sunday overnight victory. Minus NBC’s “Sunday Night Football,” it is a very different scenario on the evening.

In the specials department was the “24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards” on The CW at an uneventful 1.4/ 2 from 7-10 p.m. For a complete listing of the winners (in both movies and television), click here

Over at CBS, it was Sunday overnight business as usual with its line-up of granddaddy “60 Minutes” (#2: 6.5/10 at 7 p.m.), freshman “God Friended Me” (#2L 5.9/ 9 at 8 p.m.), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (#1: 5.8/10 at 9 p.m.) and “Madam Secretary” (#1: 4.3/ 8 at 10 p.m.). Chances of a second season for “God Friended Me” is highly likely.

ABC was also on par with typical Sunday overnight levels (see below) and NBC populated the evening with theatrical “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (1.6/3 from 7-10 p.m.) into a 10 p.m. edition of “Dateline” (#2” 2.2/ 4).

What follows are the household overnight results by half-hour for Sunday, January 13:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos”: 2.6/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 6.1/10 (#2)
NBC – Movie: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” 1.3/ 2 (#4)
Fox – NFL overrun: 26.4/43 (#1)
CW – “24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards: 0.8/ 1 (#5)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos”: 2.8/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 6.9/11 (#2)
NBC – Movie: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” 1.3/ 2 (#4)
Fox – NFL overrun: 23.3/37 (#1)
CW – “24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards: 1.0/ 2 (#5)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos”: 3.5/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “God Friended Me”: 4.9/ 9 (#2)
NBC – Movie: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” 1.7/ 3 (#4)
Fox – “The Simpsons”: 7.2/11 (#1)
CW – “24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards: 1.4/ 2 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos”: 3.5/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “God Friended Me”: 5.8/ 9 (#2)
NBC – Movie: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” 1.7/ 3 (#4)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers”: 7.2/11 (#1)
CW – “24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards: 1.6/ 3 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Shark Tank”: 2.9/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles”: 5.8/10 (#1)
NBC – Movie: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” 1.6/ 3 (#4)
Fox – “Family Guy”: 3.0/ 5 (#2)
CW – “24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards: 1.4/ 2 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Shark Tank”: 2.9/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles”: 5.8/10 (#1)
NBC – Movie: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” 1.6/ 3 (#4)
Fox – “Rel”: 2.2/ 4 (#4)
CW – “24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards: 1.3/ 2 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Shark Tank” (R): 2.0/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Madam Secretary”: 4.5/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline” 2.1/ 4 (#2)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Shark Tank” (R): 1.8/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Madam Secretary”: 4.1/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline” 2.3/ 5 (#2)

Source: Nielsen Media Research