
Fox finally
had something to cheer about for the first week of the TV season -- a strong Sunday for the start of its animated comedies.
With some massive lead-in help from late afternoon NFL football
programming, Fox averaged a Nielsen preliminary 4.9 rating/14 share among 18-49 viewers on the night -- up 21% from the same day a year ago.
Fox’s stellar performer was the season
premiere episode of “Family Guy” at 9 p.m., earning a massive 4.5 rating/12 share and up an eye-popping 73% versus a year ago the show’s highest season opening number in four
years.
Still, NBC ruled the night with “Sunday Night Football, at a preliminary 7.6/21 (up nearly a half a rating point from the week before) and a 6.1/18 for the night overall.
ABC also had something to crow about, with its “Once Upon A Time” at 8 p.m. earning a healthy 3.4 rating/10 share on the night, more than 30% higher versus a year ago.
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But
“Resurrection,” its now second-year drama running at 9 p.m, fell to a 2.2 rating from a 3.8 in its series episode premiere last March. At 10 p..m ABC’s “Revenge” tied
CBS’ “CSI” with a 1.4/4. “Revenge” was down 40% from last year; “CSI” was off 30%.
Without late-afternoon NFL programming helping to lead in its CBS
programming this week, Sunday night ratings dropped to an average 1.3/4 -- down 70% versus the week before: “60 Minutes” was at a 1.1 rating; “Madam Secretary” earned a 1.4
rating; “The Good Wife” came in at 1.3; and “CSI” earned a 1.4.
Univision averaged a 0.8/2 among 18-49 viewers (2.08 million overall average viewers) for Sunday night
-- up one-tenth of a rating from its 0.7/2 (2.05 million average viewers) the week before.