- Sunday's headline event was ABC's American Music Awards, another ABC awards show to completely rebound after a major hiccup last year. The show had a 3.4 last year but a 4.3 in each of the previous two years (and was above 5 for the two years before that). And it did over three times the usual ABC rating in the slot, making things tougher for normal originals on CBS/Fox.
- NBC posted another huge Sunday Night Football number courtesy of an overtime Broncos/Patriots game. It was down a single tick from last week's gigantic Broncos/Chiefs game, but it's still a fantastic number for this time of year (up 32% from the corresponding game a year ago).
- Among the two networks airing entertainment programs, the only real surprise on an extremely crowded evening was a very low number from The Amazing Race, which adjusted up but still hit a series low by two tenths and was down year-to-year much more drastically than the other CBS/Fox shows.
FULL TABLE:
| Info | Show | Timeslot | True | |||||||
| A18-49 | Skew | Last | LeLa | Rank | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | |||
| America's Funniest Home Videos | 1.4 | 27% | +0% | +0.0 | n/a | 1/7 | -13% | +4% | -10% | 1.2 |
| American Music Awards | 4.5 | 43% | +32% | +218% | +108% | 4.6 | ||||
| ABC: | +166% | +85% | ||||||||
| 60 Minutes | 1.6 | 18% | -6% | -0.1 | n/a | 6/9 | +0% | -6% | +0% | 1.4 |
| The Amazing Race | 1.6 | 25% | -20% | -0.4 | -0.1 | 9/9 | -36% | -20% | -35% | 1.6 |
| The Good Wife | 1.3 | 17% | -7% | -0.1 | -0.4 | 8/9 | -19% | -10% | -19% | 1.5 |
| The Mentalist | 1.6 | 19% | +14% | +0.2 | -0.1 | 1/8 | -11% | +14% | -14% | 2.0 |
| CBS: | -7% | -19% | ||||||||
| Football Night in America p2 | 1.8 | 43% | -18% | -0.4 | n/a | 6/12 | +38% | -18% | +38% | 1.5 |
| Football Night in America p3 | 4.4 | 41% | -6% | -0.3 | -0.4 | 5/12 | +44% | -6% | -2% | 3.9 |
| Sunday Night Football | 9.8 | 47% | -1% | -0.1 | -0.3 | 5/13 | +32% | -3% | +26% | 9.9 |
| NBC: | -4% | +23% | ||||||||
| NFL Overrun | 9.0 | 41% | +2% | +0.2 | n/a | 6/12 | +6% | -7% | -4% | 7.8 |
| The OT | 5.7 | 45% | +8% | +0.4 | +0.2 | 1/5 | n/a | +8% | -30% | 3.0 |
| The Simpsons | 3.0 | 56% | +67% | +1.2 | +2.6 | 1/6 | -9% | -14% | -9% | 2.1 |
| Bob's Burgers | 1.9 | 59% | +27% | +0.4 | +1.2 | 2/5 | -5% | -32% | -5% | 1.7 |
| Family Guy | 2.2 | 61% | +0% | +0.0 | +0.1 | 4/6 | -24% | +22% | -24% | 2.2 |
| American Dad! | 1.9 | 62% | +19% | +0.3 | +0.2 | 3/5 | n/a | -14% | -5% | 1.9 |
| Fox: | -6% | -15% | ||||||||
| Big4: | +21% | +15% | ||||||||
KEY (click to expand)
A18-49 - Adults 18-49 rating. Percentage of US TV-owning adults 18-49 watching the program.
Skew - Percentage of adults 18-49 within the show's total viewership.
Last - A18-49 difference (percent and numerical) from the show's previous episode.
LeLa - A18-49 difference between the show's lead-in and its lead-in for the previous episode.
Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes so far this season.
y2y - Percent difference between A18-49 and the show's rating a year ago.
TLa - Percent difference between A18-49 and the network's rating in the timeslot one week ago.
Ty2y - Percent difference between A18-49 and the network's rating in the timeslot one year ago.
True - A metric that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in. PRELIMINARY CALCULATION. For finals, see SpotVault.
(R) - Repeat.
Much more detail on these numbers at the New Daily Spotted Ratings page.
Skew - Percentage of adults 18-49 within the show's total viewership.
Last - A18-49 difference (percent and numerical) from the show's previous episode.
LeLa - A18-49 difference between the show's lead-in and its lead-in for the previous episode.
Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes so far this season.
y2y - Percent difference between A18-49 and the show's rating a year ago.
TLa - Percent difference between A18-49 and the network's rating in the timeslot one week ago.
Ty2y - Percent difference between A18-49 and the network's rating in the timeslot one year ago.
True - A metric that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in. PRELIMINARY CALCULATION. For finals, see SpotVault.
(R) - Repeat.
Much more detail on these numbers at the New Daily Spotted Ratings page.
More Spotted Ratings in the Index.
