Prime Time TV Ratings Week September 17-23

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Viewers in millions

1. NFL CBS 25.8
2. Sunday Night Football NBC 17.9
3. Monday Night Football ABC 15.4
4. 60 Minutes CBS 11.8
5. College Football NBC 10.0

6. Yellowstone CBS 6.8
7. Football Night in America NBC 5.8
8. America's Got Talent (Tue) NBC 5.5
9. America's Got Talent (Wed) NBC 5.3
10. Big Brother (Wed) CBS 3.5

10. Big Brother (Thu) CBS 3.5
10. Celebrity Family Feud ABC 3.5
13. FBI CBS 3.3
14. America's Funniest Home Videos (7pm) ABC 3.2
15. Generation Gap ABC 2.9

16. Big Brother (Sun) CBS 2.8
16. College Football CBS 2.8
16. 20/20 ABC 2.8
16. America's Funniest Home Videos (8pm) ABC 2.6
16. College Football ABC 2.6

16. FBI International CBS 2.6
22. The Neighborhood CBS 2.5
23. FBI Most Wanted CBS 2.4
23. Masterchef (Wed) Fox 2.4
23. Secret Celebrity Renovation CBS 2.4

26. Jeopardy Masters ABC 2.3
26. Shark Tank (Fri) ABC 2.3
28. American Ninja Warrior (Mon) NBC 2.2
28. The Chase ABC 2.2
28. Dateline NBC 2.2

28. WWE Friday Night Smackdown Fox 2.2
32. Blue Bloods CBS 2.1
32. Password NBC 2.1
34. Bob Hearts Abishola CBS 2.0
35. America's Got Talent (Fri) NBC 1.9

35. NCIS: Los Angeles (Mon) CBS 1.9
35. Night Court (9pm) NBC 1.9
38. Buddy Games CBS 1.8
38. The Conners (8pm) ABC 1.8
40. America's Funniest Home Videos (9pm) ABC 1.7

40. The Conners (9pm) ABC 1.7
42. Academy of Country Music Honors Fox 1.6
42. The Conners (8:30) ABC 1.6
42. The Conners (9:30) ABC 1.6
42. Fire Country CBS 1.6

42. Major League Baseball Fox 1.6
47. Challenge USA CBS 1.5
47. College Football Fox 1.5
47. NCIS: Hawaii CBS 1.5
47. Quantum Leap NBC 1.5

51. America's Funniest Home Videos (10pm) ABC 1.4
51. Chicago PD NBC 1.4
51. Prank Panel ABC 1.4
51. The Rookie ABC 1.4
51. Weakest Link NBC 1.4

56. American Ninja Warrior (Thu) NBC 1.3
56. Night Court (9:30) NBC 1.3
56. Shark Tank (Thu) ABC 1.3
59. So Help Me Todd CBS 1.2
59. Superfan CBS 1.2

61. Name That Tune Fox 1.1
62. 9-1-1: Lone Star Fox 0.9
63. Bob's Burgers (7:30) Fox 0.8
63. Family Guy Fox 0.8
63. The Simpsons Fox 0.8

66. Bob's Burgers (9pm) Fox 0.6
67. The Great North Fox 0.7
68. The Chosen CW 0.4
68. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Wed) CW 0.4
68. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Fri) CW 0.4

68. The Swarm (Tue) CW 0.4
72. College Football CW 0.3
72. Inside the NFL (Tue) CW 0.3
72. Son of a Critch CW 0.3
72. The Swarm (Wed) CW 0.3

76. Children Ruin Everything CW 0.2
76. FBoy Island CW 0.2
76. Fight to Survive CW 0.2
76. Inside the NFL (Fri) CW 0.2
76. Run the Burbs CW 0.2

76. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Mon) CW 0.2
76. World's Funniest Animals CW 0.2

CW

1.................……68. The Chosen CW 0.4
1................…….68. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Wed) CW 0.4
1................…….68. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Fri) CW 0.4
1.................……68. The Swarm (Tue) CW 0.4
5.................……72. College Football CW 0.3

5.................……72. Inside the NFL (Tue) CW 0.3
5.................……72. Son of a Critch CW 0.3
5.................……72. The Swarm (Wed) CW 0.3
9.................……76. Children Ruin Everything CW 0.2
9................…….76. FBoy Island CW 0.2

9.................……76. Fight to Survive CW 0.2
9.................……76. Inside the NFL (Fri) CW 0.2
9.................……76. Run the Burbs CW 0.2
9.................……76. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Mon) CW 0.2
9.................……76. World's Funniest Animals CW 0.2

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It's that time again.

And once again, all five networks have college football on Saturday. I don't have an explanation why NBC did so well, but maybe last week Notre Dame wasn't in prime time.

Reruns again on Friday for The CW. Not that the movies were doing so well. Meanwhile, football doesn't seem to be the solution for Saturdays after all.

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An "abysmal" finale of "Superfan", so I guess that one won't be coming back.

Penn & Teller reruns are dependable (has it come to this?) and new ones are coming soon.

I hear the writers' strike is over so I guess that's good news.

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Interesting. While the total number watching "FBI Most Wanted" went down making it least wanted, the 18-49 numbers went up according to the commentary. This makes sense because total viewers for the third one always seem to go down.

The three CW Monday shows other than "Son of a Critch" have a 1 as the first digit in the number of viewers. Pathetic. Even the first show has a 2 as the first digit and is this close to joining the others.

Even new episodes aren't helping Fox.

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And that's it.

Interesting commentary about Sunday night. "Yellowstone" did quite well. But all the person writing about it was interested in was 18-49 and she said (unlike on the other site, she has a name--Rebecca) that looked good until you compared it to the previous week's "Big Brother", while this week's "Big Brother" struggled. Well, of course it did. Why bother to show anything at 11? Can't they just do something else for the west coast?

"The Chosen" wasn't chosen by more than the minimum to get that top position. The magicians actually did better, even if the star of the other show was really doing magic and not just illusions. And the dependable animal videos? Apparently an hour and a half is too long and people just gave up.

Back next week. I can already tell you "Yellowstone" is down, but that's just a headline and may not reflect total viewers.

Oh, one more thing. The old site had Amazon's numbers for Thursday Night Football. I haven't seen those yet.