Prime Time TV Ratings Week October 15-21

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Viewers in millions

1. NFL Fox 26.1
2. Sunday Night Football NBC 16.7
3. The OT Fox 14.0
4. Monday Night Football ABC 10.7
5. Football Night in America NBC 8.0

6. 60 Minutes CBS 7.2
7. Major League Baseball Playoffs Fox 7.0
8. The Voice (Mon) NBC 6.6
9. The Voice (Tue 9pm) NBC 5.9
10. Survivor CBS 4.9

11. Dancing with the Stars ABC 4.8
12. Yellowstone (8pm) CBS 4.3
13. President Biden's Address ABC 4.7
14. The Voice (Tue 8pm) NBC 4.3
15. College Football ABC 4.1

15. Golden Bachelor ABC 4.1
17. Celebrity Jeopardy ABC 4.0
18. Yellowstone (9pm) CBS 3.8
19. College Football NBC 3.7
20. Masked Singer Fox 3.6

20. President Biden's Address NBC 3.6
22. The Irrational NBC 3.5
22. President Biden's Address CBS 3.5
22. The Price is Right (Fri) CBS 3.5
25. Found NBC 3.3

25. Magnum, PI (Wed) NBC 3.3
27. Celebrity Wheel of Fortune ABC 3.2
27. College Football Fox 3.2
29. Big Brother (Tue) CBS 3.1
29. The Price is Right (Mon) CBS 3.1

31. Amazing Race CBS 2.9
31. America's Funniest Home Videos (7pm) ABC 2.9
31. $100,000 Pyramid ABC 2.9
34. Shark Tank ABC 2.8
35. Big Brother (Thu) CBS 2.7

35. Dateline (Fri) NBC 2.7
35. Quantum Leap NBC 2.7
38. 20/20 (Fri) ABC 2.5
39. 48 Hours (10pm) CBS 2.4
39. Frasier (10pm) CBS 2.4

39. Raid the Cage CBS 2.4
42. Big Brother (Sun) CBS 2.3
42. Press Your Luck ABC 2.3
44. Dateline (Thu) NBC 2.2
44. WWE Friday Night Smackdown Fox 2.2

46. Frasier (9:15) CBS 2.1
47. Bachelor in Paradise ABC 2.0
47. Law & Order: SVU NBC 2.0
47. Transplant NBC 2.0
50. Buddy Games CBS 1.9

50. 48 Hours (9pm) CBS 1.9
50. Hell's Kitchen Fox 1.9
53. Challenge USA CBS 1.8
53. Crimetime CBS 1.8
53. Snake Oil Fox 1.8

56. Chicago Fire NBC 1.7
56. Kitchen Nightmares Fox 1.7
56. Magnum, PI (Fri) NBC 1.7
59. Movie: Encanto ABC 1.6
59. NCIS CBS 1.6

61. Israel-Hamas War: The World on Edge CBS 1.5
62. FBI True CBS 1.4
63. Loteria Loca CBS 1.3
63. Special Forces Fox 1.3
65. Name That Tune Fox 1.2

66. America's Funniest Home Videos (10:30) ABC 1.0
66. LEGO Masters Fox 1.0
68. College Football CW 0.8
68. 9-1-1: Lone Star Fox 0.8
70. The Chosen CW 0.5

70. Penn & Teller: Fool Us CW 0.5
70. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (9pm) CW 0.5
73. FBoy Island (Thu 8pm) CW 0.4
73. The Spencer Sisters CW 0.4
73. Sullivan's Crossing (Wed) CW 0.4

73. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (9:30) CW 0.4
77. Inside the NFL CW 0.3
77. The Swarm CW 0.3
77. World's Funniest Animals (9pm) CW 0.3
77. World's Funniest Animals (9:30) CW 0.3

81. FBoy Island (Mon 8pm) CW 0.2
81. FBoy Island (Mon 9pm) CW 0.2
81. FBoy Island (Thu 9pm) CW 0.2
84. Sullivan's Crossing (Sun) CW 0.1

CW

1.................……68. College Football CW 0.8
2.................……70. The Chosen CW 0.5
2.................……70. Penn & Teller: Fool Us CW 0.5
2.................……70. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (9pm) CW 0.5
5.................……73. FBoy Island (Thu 8pm) CW 0.4

5.................……73. The Spencer Sisters CW 0.4
5.................……73. Sullivan's Crossing (Wed) CW 0.4
5.................……73. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (9:30) CW 0.4
9.................……77. Inside the NFL CW 0.3
9.................……77. The Swarm CW 0.3

9.................……77. World's Funniest Animals (9pm) CW 0.3
9.................……77. World's Funniest Animals (9:30) CW 0.3
13................……81. FBoy Island (Mon 8pm) CW 0.2
13................……81. FBoy Island (Mon 9pm) CW 0.2
13................……81. FBoy Island (Thu 9pm) CW 0.2

16................……84. Sullivan's Crossing (Sun) CW 0.1

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And I'm back.

Seriously? "FBoy Island"? What is The CW thinking? At least the first episode did okay. And football will probably win the week. Football did well for everyone except NBC which could have had Notre Dame in prime time. Don't know what happened with "SNL". It's not prime time but the site is supposed to show it.

"Shark Tank" hit a new low, but the headlines usually refer to 18-49. Still, based on the photo, I would say the show has gone to the dogs.

"Crimetime" this week, once again, was "NCIS: Hawaii". Two "48 Hours" did better than a game show rerun.

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I think the site has a mistake, but not in viewer numbers. "Big Brother" and "Transplant" surely were not half hour episodes. I checked the comment to see if this was mentioned. it was not, but someone said Amazon got 9.8 million viewers for their football game. I don't know where that came from, and I still haven't found other numbers but I'll keep looking.

For Biden's address, ABC was the winner. Fox News had 3.4 million viewers for the speech itself and 3.1 million for analysis.

The two episodes of "Whose Line" were quite close together but you can't tell when the numbers are rounded.

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Wait, what? Two nights of "FBoy Island"? And these were not reruns. And they did as poorly as it is possible to do without being rounded down.

From the comments by Rebecca Bunch, who writes for the site (not the readers): "Though 'Frasier' may have been a juggernaut twenty years ago, the Paramount Plus revival of the sitcom ... completely bombed in its debut on CBS." Starting at 9:15 probably was not a good idea either. That's from me.

"The Irrational" continues to slide. Should I make a joke about the episode being between two networks airing Biden's speech? Okay, I won't.

CBS was "Loca" because Rebecca Bunch said CBS "completely plummeted".

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Things aren't as bad for Fox as I thought. The Rebecca Bunch commentary said "Kitchen Nightmares" did well and "Special Forces" reached a new high. Sometimes 18-49 does mean something. It certainly must have for "AFV" (at least the first one) and "Encanto". Strange that the Disney short and 100th anniversary celebration weren't mentioned since they were part of the broadcast of "Encanto".

The CW was "Chosen" by more people but certainly not at 7:00. The new practice of showing reruns in that slot was a complete bomb. Or maybe not, since that's not what Rebecca said.

Back next week.