Prime Time TV Ratings Week September 16-22

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Viewers in millions

1. NFL CBS 22.4
2. Sunday Night Football NBC 18.6
3. Sunday Night Football Pre-Game NBC 13.2
4. America's Got Talent (Wed) NBC 10.2
5. America's Got Talent (Tue) NBC 9.9

5. 60 Minutes CBS 9.9
7. College Football CBS 8.9
8. Dancing with the Stars ABC 8.1
9. Football Night in America NBC 7.1
10. Emmy Awards Fox 7.0

11. NCIS CBS 5.6
12. Big Brother (Sun) CBS 5.0
13. American Ninja Warrior (Mon) NBC 4.9
14. FBI (Tue) CBS 4.7
15. NCIS: New Orleans (Tue) CBS 4.6

15. Young Sheldon (8:30) CBS 4.6
17. Bachelor in Paradise (Tue) ABC 4.4
17. Big Brother (Thu) CBS 4.4
17. Blue Bloods CBS 4.4
17. Celebrity Family Feud (Thu) ABC 4.4

17. Young Sheldon (8pm) CBS 4.4
22. Big Brother (Wed) CBS 4.3
23. America's Funniest Home Videos ABC 4.2
24. Bull (10pm) CBS 4.1
24. Hawaii Five-O CBS 4.1

24. NCIS: New Orleans (Sun) CBS 4.1
27. Celebrity Family Feud (Sun) ABC 4.0
28. Magnum PI CBS 3.9
29. The Last Days of Phil Hartman ABC 3.7
29. 20/20 ABC 3.7

31. College Football ABC 3.5
31. $100,000 Pyramid ABC 3.5
33. The Neighborhood CBS 3.4
34. Big Bang Theory CBS 3.3
34. Bring the Funny NBC 3.3

34. NCIS: Los Angeles CBS 3.3
37. MasterChef (Wed) Fox 3.2
38. Emmy Red Carpet Fox 3.1
39. Bull (9pm) CBS 3.0
40. Dateline (Sat) NBC 2.9

40. S.W.A.T. CBS 2.9
42. Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event NBC 2.8
43. To Tell the Truth ABC 2.7
44. Madam Secretary CBS 2.6
44. Major League Baseball Fox 2.6

46. Dateline (Fri) NBC 2.5
46. FBI (Thu) CBS 2.5
46. The Goldbergs ABC 2.5
49. American Housewife ABC 2.4
49. American Ninja Warrior (Fri) NBC 2.4

51. Beyoncé Presents: Making the Gift ABC 2.3
51. Celebrity Family Feud (Wed) ABC 2.3
51. S.E.A.L. Team CBS 2.3
54. A Little Late With Lilly Singh 2.2
55. Modern Family ABC 2.0

55. Schooled ABC 2.0
57. So You Think You Can Dance Fox 1.9
58. America's Got Talent (Sat) NBC 1.8
58. Fresh Off the Boat ABC 1.8
58. Primetime Preview NBC 1.8

61. Law & Order: SVU NBC 1.7
61. 9-1-1 Fox 1.7
63. Single Parents ABC 1.6
64. MasterChef (Fri) Fox 1.5
65. The Resident Fox 1.4

66. The Paley Center Salutes The Good Place NBC 1.3
67. The Masked Singer Fox 1.0
68. Masters Of Illusion CW 0.7
68. The Outpost CW 0.7
68. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Mon) CW 0.7

68. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Sun) CW 0.7
68. The Simpsons Fox 0.7
73. Bob's Burgers Fox 0.6
73. Masters Of Illusion (Sun 9pm) CW 0.6
73. Mysteries Decoded (Wed) CW 0.6

73. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (9pm) CW 0.6
73. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (9:30) CW 0.6
78. Mysteries Decoded (Tue) CW 0.5
78. Pandora CW 0.5
78. Two Sentence Horror Stories CW 0.5

81. The Big Stage CW 0.4
81. Hypnotize Me CW 0.4
81. Masters Of Illusion (Sun 9:30) CW 0.4
84. Peaking (9pm) CW 0.2
84. Peaking (9:30) CW 0.2

CW

1...........…..68. Masters Of Illusion (Fri) CW 0.7
1............…..68. The Outpost CW 0.7
1............…..68. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Mon) CW 0.7
1............…..68. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Sun) CW 0.7
5...........…..73. Masters Of Illusion (Sun 9pm) CW 0.6

5.............….73. Mysteries Decoded (Wed) CW 0.6
5............…..73. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (9pm) CW 0.6
5............…..73. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (9:30) CW 0.6
9.............….78. Mysteries Decoded (Tue) CW 0.5
9............…..78. Pandora CW 0.5

9...........…...78. Two Sentence Horror Stories CW 0.5
11.........…....81. The Big Stage CW 0.4
11.............….81. Hypnotize Me CW 0.4
11.............….81. Masters Of Illusion (Sun 9:30) CW 0.4
15.........…....84. Peaking (9pm) CW 0.2

15.........…....84. Peaking (9:30) CW 0.2

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Need to add rankings. No problems today.

I can already made some comments. The ironically titled "Peaking" got what may have been the worst numbers I have ever seen with two digits beyond the decimal. The CW overall had pathetic numbers, though the magicians may have helped a little on Sunday compared to last week. The good news is The CW did not have all of the worst numbers as Fox decided to show some of its Sunday sitcoms on Saturday instead.

I was surprised the Emmys didn't do better.

I guess there can be too many "Family Feud" episodes. Amazingly, on one night during the week it did better than on Sunday.

I wonder why one college football game does so much better than another.

I corrected what I believe to be an error. "The Neighborhood" is not an hour-long show, and "Bull" is not a half-hour. So my Big Bang Theory is that the last episode of that show aired a half-hour earlier than the source said, and so did "Bull".

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Done. If I can remember, I'll do this on Tuesday next week because I'm sure everyone wants to know how the new shows are doing, as well as new episodes of returning shows. I think these numbers are ready by then on the new site. They weren't on the old site and I just got in the habit of doing this on Friday.

I read some disturbing news this week. It seems that The CW has renewed all its shows except the ones that were ending. Isn't that the definition of "renew"? But there were three series that we knew were going to end. Others deserved to but apparently won't.

And NBC brought back "Remedial Bio". Seriously? That series had pathetic numbers. Yet shows that did much better, most of them on CBS, got cancelled.

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Oops. I made some mistakes with the CW shows. Fixed now.