Prime Time TV Ratings Week October 3-9

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Viewers in millions

1. Sunday Night Football NBC 26.7
2. NFL CBS 22.3
3. Pre-Game Show NBC 20.7
4. Thursday Night Football Fox 14.8
5. 60 Minutes CBS 10.3

6. College Football CBS 8.3
7. NCIS CBS 8.0
8. Pre-Game Show Fox 7.6
9. The Voice (Mon) NBC 7.5
10. Chicago Fire NBC 7.2

10. The Voice (Tue) NBC 7.2
12. Chicago Med NBC 7.1
12. Young Sheldon CBS 7.1
14. FBI CBS 6.7
15. FBI: International CBS 6.1

16. Blue Bloods CBS 6.0
17. Chicago PD NBC 5.8
17. Survivor CBS 5.8
19. FBI: Most Wanted CBS 5.6
20. Ghosts CBS 5.5

20. NCIS: Hawaii CBS 5.5
20. The Neighborhood CBS 5.5
23. 9-1-1 Fox 5.3
24. Bob ❤ Abishola CBS 5.2
24. Magnum PI CBS 5.2

26. La Brea (Tue) NBC 5.0
27. S.W.A.T. CBS 4.9
27. United States of Al CBS 4.9
29. America's Funniest Home Videos ABC 4.8
30. Celebrity Wheel of Fortune ABC 4.7

30. Dancing with the Stars ABC 4.7
32. College Football ABC 4.6
33. The Masked Singer Fox 4.4
34. Station 19 ABC 4.3
35. Bull CBS 4.2

36. CSI: Vegas CBS 4.1
37. Grey's Anatomy ABC 4.0
38. Law and Order: SVU (9pm) NBC 3.9
39. The Good Doctor ABC 3.7
39. Shark Tank ABC 3.7

41. The Goldbergs ABC 3.3
42. The Conners ABC 3.2
42. Law and Order: Organized Crime NBC 3.2
44. Dateline (Fri) NBC 3.1
44. The Resident Fox 3.1

44. The Rookie ABC 3.1
44. Tough As Nails CBS 3.1
48. Bachelor in Paradise ABC 2.9
48. New Amsterdam NBC 2.9
48. Supermarket Sweep ABC 2.9

51. Big Sky ABC 2.8
52. College Football Fox 2.7
52. 20/20 ABC 2.7
54. Ordinary Joe NBC 2.6
55. Alter Ego Fox 2.4

55. Law and Order: SVU (8pm) NBC 2.4
55. The Wonder Years ABC 2.4
58. Movie: Star Trek CBS 2.3
59. Dateline (Sat) NBC 2.2
60. Friday Night Smackdown Fox 2.1

61. La Brea (Fri) NBC 2.0
62. Home Economics ABC 1.9
62. A Million Little Things ABC 1.8
64. SNL Prime NBC 1.7
65. The Voice (Sat) NBC 1.6

66. The Simpsons (8pm) Fox 1.5
67. Our Kind of People Fox 1.4
68. The Big Leap Fox 1.3
68. Family Guy Fox 1.3
70. Bob's Burgers (7:30) Fox 1.2

71. Bob's Burgers (9pm) Fox 1.1
71. The Simpsons (7pm) Fox 1.1
73. Great North Fox 1.0
74. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Fri) CW 0.7
75. Coroner CW 0.6

75. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8pm) CW 0.6
75. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8:30) CW 0.6
75. World's Funniest Animals (9pm) CW 0.6
75. World's Funniest Animals (9:30) CW 0.6
80. Roswell, New Mexico CW 0.5

80. Stargirl CW 0.5
82. Nancy Drew CW 0.4
82. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Mon) CW 0.4
82. Riverdale CW 0.4
82. Supergirl CW 0.4

86. iHeartRadio Music Festival CW 0.3
86. In the Dark CW 0.3
86. The Outpost CW 0.3

CW

1..................…...74 Penn & Teller: Fool Us CW 0.7
2................…….75. Coroner CW 0.6
2.................……75. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8pm) CW 0.6
2.................……75. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8:30) CW 0.6
2.................……75. World's Funniest Animals (9pm) CW 0.6

2.................……75. World's Funniest Animals (9:30) CW 0.6
7.................……80. Roswell, New Mexico CW 0.5
7............,,,....…80. Stargirl CW 0.5
9....................……82. Nancy Drew CW 0.4
9..................….82. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Mon) CW 0.4

9.................……82. Riverdale CW 0.4
9............,,,....82. Supergirl CW 0.4
13...................……86. iHeartRadio Music Festival CW 0.3
13.................……86. In the Dark CW 0.3
13................……86. The Outpost CW 0.3

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I see some people are already here. I'll get around to finishing soon.

So it appears The CW is not doing too badly on Saturdays but these shows do better during the week. For some odd reason the second "Whose Line" does better than the first.

"Nancy Drew" is at least doing better than "Dynasty".

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I'm curious as to why "Young Sheldon" isn't green anywhere. Actually, if you look really closely, it is green. It just looks yellow if you're not paying attention. Thursday Night Football is doing phenomenally well, especially with men.

But the numbers are still very good, and "Ghosts" did quite well in its debut.

I "Wonder" how "Years" will be considered a success. "Home Economics" is and always has been in a recession and I don't understand how it got a second season.

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Seeing the colors again really drives home how well these shows are doing.

"Bachelor in Paradise" had its finale but it was dark green with young people.

"The Good Doctor" and "Ordinary Joe" were mostly orange and that's not good. "Joe" is even more orange, which is very bad. Old people are watching the doctor, though.

"La Brea" started well overall and has settled at a decent level. I didn't look at the colors.

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And that's it. Back next week at this time.

A couple of things I forgot to mention. "New Amsterdam" has really fallen off. And Fox's new shows aren't doing well. Three networks had college football at the same time on Saturday, and CBS was the big winner, even though it normally shows reruns of crime shows and real-life crime.

The CW didn't do much better without "Wellington Paranormal".

Keep in mind the number is for the entire NFL game, not just the end. It really helps whichever network had the late game. Or would have. What happened to the crime shows? Must have been a celebration of captain kirk going into space, but the strategy crashed. Fox gets terrible ratings on its off nights.

And if anyone cares, the NBC football coverage on Sunday is not shown. I went to the site I've been using, and based on the history of that show, the number that site showed is not to ne trusted. It looks like someone decided the pre-game show started at 7, not however long after 8. By the way, on another night, pre-game coverage was divided into two parts, the second part ending at 8:03, 3 minutes into prime time. You don't really care about those 3 minutes, do you? Especially since the show started before prime time.

"Funniest Home Videos" helps whatever shows follow, and it doesn't matter whether it's new or not.

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Well, this is embarrassing. Because college football aired on three networks, I forgot one.