Prime Time TV Ratings Week November 16-22

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Viewers in millions

1. NFL Fox 23.9
2. Sunday Night Football NBC 19.6
3. Thursday Night Football Fox 14.8
4. Football Pre-Game NBC 14.2
5. NCIS (Tue) CBS 10.4

6. 60 Minutes CBS 9.3
7. Football Pre-Game Fox 8.5
8. FBI CBS 8.2
9. Chicago Med NBC 7.9
10. Chicago Fire NBC 7.8

11. The Voice (Tue) NBC 7.6
12. Young Sheldon CBS 7.3
13. The Voice (Mon) NBC 6.9
14. Football Night in America NBC 6.7
15. This Is Us NBC 6.6

16. Chicago PD NBC 6.4
16. Masked Singer Fox 6.4
18. Grey's Anatomy ABC 6.0
19. The Neighborhood CBS 5.8
20. Dancing with the Stars ABC 5.7

20. Station 19 ABC 5.7
22. NCIS: Los Angeles CBS 5.6
23. FBI: Most Wanted CBS 5.4
24. B Positive CBS 5.2
24. Bob Hearts Abishola CBS 5.2

26. Mom CBS 5.1
27. NCIS: New Orleans CBS 4.9
28. The Bachelorette ABC 4.7
29. Bull CBS 4.5
30. The Simpsons Fox 4.4

31. The Good Doctor ABC 4.3
31. Shark Tank ABC 4.3
33. All Rise CBS 4.2
33. Big Sky ABC 4.2
33. Football ABC 4.2

36. America's Funniest Home Videos ABC 4.1
37. American Music Awards ABC 4.0
37. A Million Little Things ABC 4.0
39. The Amazing Race (8pm) CBS 3.9
40. Unicorn CBS 3.9

41. Dateline (Fri) NBC 3.8
41. I Can See Your Voice Fox 3.8
43. The Conners ABC 3.7
43. The Goldbergs ABC 3.7
45. Blacklist NBC 3.5

46. Transplant NBC 3.4
47. Blue Bloods CBS 3.3
48. The Amazing Race (9pm) CBS 3.2
49. 48 Hours (10pm) CBS 3.1
49. NCIS (Sun) CBS 3.1

51. 20/20 ABC 3.0
51. Weakest Link NBC 3.0
53. American Housewife ABC 2.9
53. Law & Order: SVU NBC 2.9
53. MacGyver CBS 2.9

56. Magnum PI CBS 2.8
57. Black-ish ABC 2.4
57. Dateline (Thu) NBC 2.4
59. 48 Hours (9pm) CBS 2.3
59. Superstore (8pm) NBC 2.3

59. WWE Smackdown Fox 2.3
62. SNL Prime NBC 2.2
62. S.W.A.T. CBS 2.2
64. Crimetime CBS 2.1
65. Bless the Harts Fox 2.0

65. For Life ABC 2.0
65. Movie: The Croods NBC 2.0
65. Star Trek: Discovery CBS 1.9
69. Bob's Burgers Fox 1.8
70. Family Guy Fox 1.7

71. L.A.'s Finest Fox 1.6
72. Cosmos Fox 1.4
72. Supernatural (9pm) CW 1.4
74. Filthy Rich Fox 1.2
74. Supernatural (8pm) CW 1.2

74. Superstore (8:30) NBC 1.2
77. Pac 12 Fox 1.1
78. Next Fox 1.0
79. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8pm) CW 0.9
80. Penn & Teller: Fool Us CW 0.8

80. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8:30) CW 0.8
82. Swamp Thing CW 0.7
83. Masters of Illusion (8pm) CW 0.6
83. World's Funniest Animals (9pm) CW 0.6
83. World's Funniest Animals (9:30) CW 0.6

86. Coroner CW 0.5
86. Masters of Illusion (8:30) CW 0.5
88. The Outpost CW 0.4
88. Tell Me a Story CW 0.4
90. Devils CW 0.3

90. Pandora CW 0.3

CW

1.............……72. Supernatural (9pm) CW 1.4
2.............……74. Supernatural (8pm) CW 1.2
3............……79. Whose Line Is It Anyway? CW 0.9
4...........……80. Penn & Teller: Fool Us CW 0.8
4............……80. Whose Line Is It Anyway? CW 0.8

6...........……82. Swamp Thing CW 0.7
7..............……83. Masters of Illusion (8pm) CW 0.6
7..............……83. World's Funniest Animals (9pm) CW 0.6
7..............……83. World's Funniest Animals (9:30) CW 0.6
10..............…86. Coroner CW 0.5

10..............……86. Masters of Illusion (8:30) CW 0.5
12............……88. The Outpost CW 0.4
12.............……88. Tell Me a Story CW 0.4
14..........……90. Devils CW 0.3
14.............……90. Pandora CW 0.3

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I'm a day early because of the holiday. As usual, I'm stopping in the middle in case anything goes wrong so I won't lose all my work.

Sunday football is done this way, again: NBC's first pre-game show is shown with the preliminary numbers because the final numbers don't include it. Fox's broadcast shows the entire game, not just what happened after 7. For some reason "The OT" never aired.

Whatever "Pac 12" means, I used just the number for the prime time broadcast. Which, when rounded was tied with the four-minute-long pre-game show, which is pointless, and with another pre-game show which started an hour before prime time.

"AFV" was off this week. I don't know why. Even the reruns did almost as well as original episodes. And you would think an awards show would get higher numbers.

The various "NCIS" shows used to do so much better.

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I finished just in time. I don't know what caused the problem but the computer froze.

I was looking for the comment about "lackluster premieres" but I didn't find it. Monday's CBS shows didn't do nearly as well ad I expected. However, the site said this was explained by football pre-emptions in several markets. And the preliminary Monday numbers for The CW, also explained by football, were the best I've seen for these shows in months. However, I post the final numbers, which were off by quite a lot. It also said "the current odd result where the rerun ... has a higher rating than the new" for "Whose Line" was explained by football, but I have this to say to that guy. It happens all the time, actually.

The Tuesday CBS shows are back and "NCIS" has spectacular numbers. it's interesting to note, though, that "The Bachelorette" is the show that is dark green for most demographics. Old people like "NCIS".

"The Good Doctor" isn't exactly on life support, but wow. Also, NBC needs a "Transplant" for its 10:00 Tuesday slot and Fox needs to find what's "Next", as I said last week.

Chicago Wednesdays are back to normal. However, ABC's Wednesday comedies aren't getting the numbers they used to. I can't even explain the return of "For Life".

I thought I was going to be saying "B Negative" by now, but I'm not (what happened to "Mom"?), though "Young Sheldon" seems to be losing some steam.

The "Devils" seem to have wrecked Wednesdays for The CW.

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Back next week, probably Wednesday.

I forgot one thing. "The Weakest Link" appears to be exactly what it says.