Prime Time TV Ratings Week October 22-28

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Viewers in millions

1. NFL CBS 24.4
2. Sunday Night Football NBC 20.6
3. Monday Night Football ABC 10.2
4. 60 Minutes CBS 9.9
5. World Series Game 1 Fox 9.2

6. World Series Game 2 Fox 8.2
7. Football Night in America NBC 7.7
8. The Voice (Mon) NBC 6.5
9. The Voice (Tue 9pm) NBC 5.8
10. Survivor CBS 5.0

11. College Football NBC 4.9
12. Dancing with the Stars ABC 4.7
12. College Football ABC 4.7
14. Yellowstone CBS 4.5
15. Golden Bachelor ABC 4.4

16. The Voice (Tue 8pm) NBC 4.2
17. Major League Baseball Playoffs Fox 4.0
18. Celebrity Jeopardy ABC 3.9
19. The Irrational NBC 3.7
20. America's Funniest Home Videos (7pm) ABC 3.6

21. Masked Singer Fox 3.5
22. Celebrity Wheel of Fortune ABC 3.4
22. The Price is Right (Mon) CBS 3.4
24. Found NBC 3.2
24. Magnum, PI NBC 3.2

26. Big Brother (Tue) CBS 3.1
27. $100,000 Pyramid ABC 3.0
27. The Price is Right (Fri) CBS 3.0
27. 20/20 (Fri) ABC 3.0
30. Shark Tank ABC 2.9

31. Amazing Race CBS 2.8
31. Big Brother (Thu) CBS 2.8
33. Big Brother (Sun) CBS 2.6
33. Quantum Leap NBC 2.6
35. Law & Order: SVU NBC 2.5

36. 48 Hours (10pm) CBS 2.3
37. Blue Bloods CBS 2.2
37. Raid the Cage CBS 2.2
39. Dateline (Thu) NBC 2.1
39. Hell's Kitchen Fox 2.1

39. Transplant NBC 2.1
42. Buddy Games CBS 2.0
42. Dateline (Fri) NBC 2.0
42. FBI CBS 2.0
42. Press Your Luck ABC 2.0

46. Bachelor in Paradise ABC 1.9
46. Chicago PD NBC 1.9
48. FBI True (Tue) CBS 1.8
49. Crimetime CBS 1.7
49. 48 Hours (9pm) CBS 1.7

49. The Wall NBC 1.7
52. NCIS CBS 1.6
52. Snake Oil Fox 1.6
54. FBI True (Thu) CBS 1.5
55. Loteria Loca CBS 1.4

55. Movie: The Nightmare Before Christmas ABC 1.4
57. Name That Tune Fox 1.3
58. LEGO Masters (Sun) Fox 1.2
59. Great Halloween Fright Fight ABC 1.1
59. The Simpsons Fox 1.1

61. LEGO Masters (Thu) Fox 1.0
62. 9-1-1: Lone Star Fox 0.9
62. Toy Story of Terror! ABC 0.9
64. Bob's Burgers Fox 0.8
64. Family Guy Fox 0.8

66. Krapopolis Fox 0.7
67. Penn & Teller: Fool Us CW 0.5
68. The Chosen CW 0.4
68. Sullivan's Crossing (Wed) CW 0.4
70. Inside the NFL CW 0.3

70. Movie: The 40-Year-Old Virgin 0.3
70. The Royals: A New Era CW 0.3
70. Son of a Critch CW 0.3
70. The Spencer Sisters CW 0.3
70. The Swarm CW 0.3

70. World's Funniest Animals (9pm) CW 0.3
70. World's Funniest Animals (9:30) CW 0.3
78. Children Ruin Everything CW 0.2
78. Everyone Else Burns CW 0.2
78. FBoy Island (Mon) CW 0.2

78. Run the Burbs CW 0.2
82. FBoy Island (Fri) CW 0.1

CW

1.................……67. Penn & Teller: Fool Us CW 0.5
2.................……68. The Chosen CW 0.4
2.................……68. Sullivan's Crossing (Wed) CW 0.4
4.................……70. Inside the NFL CW 0.3
4.................……70. Movie: The 40-Year-Old Virgin 0.3

4.................……70. The Royals: A New Era CW 0.3
4.................……70. Son of a Critch CW 0.3
4.................……70. The Spencer Sisters CW 0.3
4.................……70. The Swarm CW 0.3
4.................……70. World's Funniest Animals (9pm) CW 0.3

4.................……70. World's Funniest Animals (9:30) CW 0.3
12................……78. Children Ruin Everything CW 0.2
12................……78. Everyone Else Burns CW 0.2
12................……78. FBoy Island (Mon) CW 0.2
12................……78. Run the Burbs CW 0.2

16................……82. FBoy Island (Fri) CW 0.1

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And I'm back. Oops. I see something I left out. I'll fix that.

"Shark Tank" has reached another new low, but that's not with total viewers. However, "Penn & Teller" did well, unless you realize, the total number of viewers is the same as when it was a rerun. And what follows is just pathetic. Saturday is not an improvement.

Fox will be sorry when the World Series is over. I am amazed at all the people who wanted to see football instead, and baseball was in fact down on Saturday, as you will soon see.

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There. That's Better. Also, The World Series is down from last year.

Forgot to mention: This week's "Crimetime" is once again "NCIS: Hawaii". Maybe I should just say when it isn't.

This week's Chicago rerun is "PD", which is logical because fewer people watched it the first time around and they may want to see it now.

How can The CW continue to run half-hour comedies? The one new series "completely bombed" in the words of Rebecca Bunch. The headline said "pathetic". Ms. Bunch also said "Children Ruin Everything" was "abysmal". The 18-49 numbers were actually better for the other two. And in other CW news, the latest mystery for the Spencer Sisters: Who stole their viewers? However, "Sullivan's Crossing" is performing better 18-49.

I didn't read the article but a headline said "'Quantum Leap' May Leap Off the Schedule".

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"Loteria Loca" has been dropped according to a headline.

"FBoy Island" is apparently doing better with 18-49 than with total viewers. It actually surpassed a special on the British royal family.

Nothing else unusual to report but it sure appears "NCIS" is not longer automatically getting viewers for reruns. Reruns of the fake FBI get more viewers than the real thing.

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There we are.

So I saw nothing to indicate The CW's failed experiment of 7:00 Sunday programming was repeated. And The CW was "Chosen" by fewer this week.

Seriously, for total viewers that is a terrible list.

Perhaps Fox would be better off putting "Lego Masters" in place of "The OT" on these weeks when it doesn't have the late game.

I was looking for an explanation of "AFV" falling off last week and concluded it was a rerun. No, THIS week was the rerun. And Ms. Bunch made a point of saying you don't get big numbers for family programming that airs late.

The World Series continues to fall, but headlines and commentary indicate it beat football on Monday. Well, sure, with 18-49. Preliminary numbers which are never reliable for sports show continued decline. But that's for next time.

Back next week.