Ratings Watch: The Return of NFL Rules Primetime
One glance at last week’s Nielsen ranker and it’s clear that football is back.
Viewers rushed back to the NFL, making the first official game of the season the second-most-watched Thursday night kickoff game in the event’s 14-year history. NFL games and pre-game shows made up four of the five most-watched programs of the week on television.
Here are the top 25 shows (including Live+3 DVR and VOD data) for the week of September 7 to 13.
|
RANK |
SHOW & NETWORK |
LIVE+3 |
WATCHED |
|
1 |
NFL Thursday Special: Pittsburgh vs. New England NBC |
27.6 |
27.4 |
|
2 |
Sunday Night Football: NY Giants vs. Dallas NBC |
26.9 |
26.8 |
|
3 |
NFL Opening Kick-Off Show NBC |
12.6 |
12.6 |
|
4 |
Football Night in America NBC |
12.4 |
12.4 |
|
5 |
America’s Got Talent (Wednesday) NBC |
12.0 |
10.5 |
|
6 |
60 Minutes CBS |
11.7 |
11.5 |
|
7 |
Fear the Walking Dead AMC |
10.7 |
7.2 |
|
8 |
America’s Got Talent (Wednesday) NBC |
10.3 |
9.5 |
|
9 |
NCIS CBS |
8.7 |
8.4 |
|
10 |
The Big Bang Theory CBS |
8.3 |
7.7 |
|
11 |
Big Brother (Sunday) CBS |
8.0 |
7.0 |
|
12 |
Saturday Night Football: Oregon vs. Michigan State ABC |
7.9 |
7.9 |
|
13 |
Big Brother (Wednesday) CBS Zoo CBS |
7.5 7.5 |
6.6 5.7 |
|
15 |
Miss America Competition ABC |
7.4 |
7.1 |
|
16 |
Big Brother (Thursday) CBS |
7.3 |
6.1 |
|
17 |
American Ninja Warrior NBC |
6.8 |
6.2 |
| 18 |
Dateline (Friday) NBC |
6.7 |
5.6 |
|
19 |
The Big Bang Theory (Monday) CBS Under the Dome CBS |
6.6 6.6 |
6.4 4.2 |
|
21 |
MasterChef Fox |
6.2 |
4.8 |
|
22 |
Bachelor in Paradise (Monday) ABC |
6.0 |
4.8 |
|
23 |
Extant CBS |
5.7 |
4.5 |
|
24 |
NCIS: Los Angeles CBS |
5.6 |
5.4 |
|
25 |
Blue Bloods CBS Mom CBS Last Comic Standing NBC |
5.5 5.5 5.5 |
5.1 5.3 4.4 |
| Total viewers; in millions |
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