The only good ratings news was football-related.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).
Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.
ABC: After a rerun of DISNEY HOLIDAY SINGALONG at 0.4, SUPERMARKET SWEEP lost 0.1 to 0.5, WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE fell 0.2 to 0.3, and CARD SHARKS was down 0.1 to 0.2.
CBS: With no late-afternoon national NFL game as a lead-in, 60 MINUTES plunged a full point to 0.7. NCIS: LA held at 0.5, and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS was at 0.4, with an NCIS rerun afterward at 0.3.
NBC: The preliminary 3.9 for SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was up 0.1 from last week’s early number.
FOX: The network had the later-afternoon NFL lead-in, so THE SIMPSONS more than doubled to 1.3, BLESS THE HARTS was up 0.2 to 0.6, and both BOB’S BURGERS (0.6) and FAMILY GUY (0.7) were up 0.1.
CW: Both the season finale of PANDORA and THE OUTPOST fell 0.1 to twin zeroes.
Tonight, ABC airs the vaccination news special THE SHOT.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 live+same day ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on network affiliates in 210 U.S. markets from 8-11 pm Eastern & Pacific or 7-10 pm Central & Mountain. The numbers are some combination of the network schedule and any pre-emptions (such as local news or weather coverage). Also live events such as sporting events and major specials are usually undercounted because the fast nationals measure what was on in primetime in the Pacific Time Zone (mostly what aired after the live event ended on the West Coast). Accurate program ratings will be available Tuesday morning with the broadcast finals.
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