Prime Time TV Ratings Week October 5-11

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Viewers in millions

1. NFL (Sun) CBS 22.9
2. Sunday Night Football NBC 15.1
3. Thursday Night Football Fox 14.7
4. NFL (Mon) CBS 14.6
5. 60 Minutes (7:49) CBS 12.0

6. Vice Presidential Debate ABC 9.8
7. NFL Preview NBC 9.5
8. NBA Finals (Fri) ABC 8.9
9. Pre-Game Show (8:07) Fox 8.5
10. NBA Finals (Sun) ABC 8.3

11. NBA Finals (Tue) ABC 7.5
12. Football Night in America (7:52) NBC 7.4
13. Vice Presidential Debate Analysis ABC 7.0
14. Vice Presidential Debate NBC 6.8
15. Biden Town Hall NBC 6.7

16. NBA Trophy Presentation ABC 6.3
17. Masked Singer Fox 6.0
18. Dancing with the Stars ABC 5.8
19. 60 Minutes (8:49) CBS 5.5
20. Vice Presidential Debate CBS 5.4

21. NCIS CBS 5.1
22. Celebrity Family Feud ABC 4.9
22. Weakest Link (Tue) NBC 4.9
24. Vice Presidential Debate Analysis NBC 4.7
25. Football ABC 4.6

26. FBI CBS 4.5
27. Pence v. Harris ABC 4.4
28. Vice Presidential Debate Fox 4.3
29. Vice Presidential Debate Analysis CBS 4.2
30. Big Brother (Wed) CBS 4.1

30. Weakest Link (Wed) NBC 4.1
32. Big Brother (Thu) CBS 4.0
33. Pre-Game Show (7:30) Fox 3.9
34. Ellen's Game of Games (Tue) NBC 3.6
35. Big Brother (Mon) CBS 3.4

35. Vice Presidential Debate Analysis Fox 3.4
37. FBI Declassified CBS 3.3
37. The Greatest #AtHome Videos CBS 3.3
37. Transplant NBC 3.3
40. Press Your Luck ABC 3.2

41. Dateline (Fri) NBC 3.1
42. Blue Bloods CBS 3.0
42. Emergency Call ABC 3.0
44. Notre Dame Football NBC 2.9
45. Dateline (Thu) NBC 2.7

45. Jimmy Kimmel Live (Fri) ABC 2.7
45. NBA Countdown (Fri) ABC 2.7
45. Undercover Boss CBS 2.7
49. Football Night in America (7:30) NBC 2.6
49. 48 Hours (9pm) CBS 2.6

49. Jimmy Kimmel Live (Tue) ABC 2.6
49. NBA Countdown (Tue) ABC 2.6
53. 48 Hours (10pm) CBS 2.5
53. Match Game ABC 2.5
55. American Ninja Warrior (Mon) NBC 2.2

55. Crimetime CBS 2.2
55. Friday Night SmackDown Fox 2.2
55. Movie: Clueless CBS 2.2
55. Young Sheldon CBS 2.2
60. Jimmy Kimmel Live (Sun) ABC 2.0

60. Mom CBS 2.0
60. NBA Countdown (Sun) ABC 2.0
63. American Ninja Warrior (Fri) NBC 1.8
63. L.A.'s Finest Fox 1.8
63. Next Fox 1.8

63. Star Trek: Discovery CBS 1.8
67. Connecting NBC 1.7
68. Filthy Rich Fox 1.6
69. Family Guy Fox 1.5
70. Closer Look NBC 1.4

70. Cosmos Fox 1.4
70. The Simpsons (8pm) Fox 1.4
73. Bob's Burgers (9pm) Fox 1.3
74. Supernatural CW 1.1
74. Swamp Thing CW 1.1

76. Bless the Harts Fox 1.0
76. Bob's Burgers (7:30) Fox 1.0
76. The Simpsons (7pm) Fox 1.0
79. PBA Bowling Fox 0.8
79. Penn & Teller: Fool Us CW 0.8

79. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Mon 8pm) CW 0.8
82. Coroner CW 0.7
82. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Mon 8:30) CW 0.7
82. World's Funniest Animals (9pm) CW 0.7
82. World's Funniest Animals (9:30) CW 0.7

86. Devils (Wed) CW 0.6
86. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Tue) CW 0.6
88. Masters of Illusion (8pm) CW 0.5
88. Outpost CW 0.5
90. Masters of Illusion (8:30) CW 0.4

90. Pandora CW 0.4
92. Devils (Sun) CW 0.3

CW

1...........……74. Supernatural CW 1.1
1...........……74. Swamp Thing CW 1.1
3............……79. Penn & Teller: Fool Us CW 0.8
3............……79. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Mon 8pm) CW 0.8
5..............…82. Coroner CW 0.7

5............……82. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Mon 8:30) CW 0.7
5.............……82. World's Funniest Animals (9pm) CW 0.7
5.............……82. World's Funniest Animals (9:30) CW 0.7
9............……86. Devils (Wed) CW 0.6
9............……86. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Tue) CW 0.6

11.............……88. Masters of Illusion (8pm) CW 0.5
11...........……88. Outpost CW 0.5
13..............……90. Masters of Illusion (8:30) CW 0.4
13.............……90. Pandora CW 0.4
15............……92. Devils (Sun) CW 0.3

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By now you know the drill. If you see numbers on the left they're last week's unless I'm finished.

I can already make comments. While the magicians are making their audience disappear, the funny animals actually do better in the second half-hour which is a rerun.

I still don't know why NBC persists in having three different pre-game shows on Sunday and nothing to report before 7:30. The game itself stayed the same when rounded.

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Lots of sports. There won't be quite as much in the future, though the events that will still be around did quite well.

The Sunday night CBS game has the number for the entire game, not just the end in prime time. Monday's CBS game was mostly in prime time but still has the number for the entire game. Should Fox's pre-game show even be listed since it's not in prime time?

As for the debates, once again ABC had a program that aired before the event, called "Pence v. Harris". Each network's coverage had a different name but I didn't use that name. It's interesting that when rounded, both the debate and the analysis on CBS matched Fox's respective numbers from last week.

The CW finally found shows that could be successful, by their standards. Who would have guessed "Swamp Thing" would tie for first? And "Supernatural" is actually getting good numbers. Don't know what happened with "Whose Line" but apparently it does better on Tuesday, provided it leads off the night. Meanwhile, Penn & Teller seem to have made many of their viewers disappear.

On Fox, L.A.'s are no longer the finest and the rich are merely filthy. And if "Cosmos" keeps going like this, we'll need a telescope to watch it. No one seems to care what's "Next".

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And that's it. I don't know what "A Closer Look" is because I thought NBC had already done a preview of the new fall shows.

I forgot to include cable numbers for the debates. For Fox News, 11.9 and 9.2. For CNN, 7.7 and 5.4. For MSNBC, 6.9 and 6.6.