Thursday Overnights: ‘Sunday Night Football’ Season Opener Lifts NBC

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 12.1/21, CBS: 3.1/ 5, ABC: 2.5/ 4, Fox: 1.1/ 2, CW: 0.4/ 1

Note: The year-ago percent comparison is not available.

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Thursday, September 6 broken out by half-hour. Note than the football game on NBC was delayed approximately 45-minutes on the East Coast due to thunderstorms.

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud” (R): 3.3/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “The Big Bang Theory” (R): 4.1/ 7 (#2)
NBC – NFL Kickoff: 6.1/12 (#1), “Sunday Night Football” (season premiere): 7.3/12 (#1)
Fox – “MasterChef” (R): 1.4/ 2 (#4)
CW – “Supernatural” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud” (R): 3.1/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “Young Sheldon” (R): 3.7/ 6 (#2)
NBC – “Sunday Night Football” (season premiere): 9.7/17 (#1)
Fox – “MasterChef” (R): 1.4/ 2 (#4)
CW – “Supernatural” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Match Game”: 2.7/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Big Brother”: 3.7/ 6 (#2)
NBC – “Sunday Night Football” (season premiere): 14.5/25 (#1)
Fox – “The Gifted” (R): 0.9/ 2 (#4)
CW – “The Originals” (R): 0.3/ 0 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Match Game”: 2.5/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Big Brother”: 3.5/ 6 (#2)
NBC – “Sunday Night Football” (season premiere): 14.7/25 (#1))
Fox – “The Gifted” (R): 0.9/ 1 (#4)
CW – “The Originals” (R): 0.3/ 0 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Take Two”: 1.9/ 3 (#2)
CBS – “S.W.A.T. (R): 1.7/ 3 (#3)
NBC – “Sunday Night Football” (season premiere): 14.4/25 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Take Two”: 1.8/ 3 (#2t)
CBS – “S.W.A.T. (R): 1.8/ 3 (#2t)
NBC – “Sunday Night Football” (season premiere): 14.4/25 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research