| Scoreboard | NBC | CBS | ABC | FOX | UNI |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 4.9/12 | 3.0/8 | 2.9/7 | 2.0/5 | 1.2/3 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 3.9/11 | 2.0/6 | 2.6/7 | 2.2/6 | 0.9/3 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 13.267 | 12.592 | 8.970 | 4.181 | 3.048 |
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Due to the nature of live programming the ratings for NBC (NFL Football), & CBS/FOX (Football Overruns) are approximate and subject to more than the typical adjustments in the final numbers. See below for more information on these Fast Affiliate Ratings.
NBC was number one among adults 18-49 and with total viewers.
On NBC, Sunday Night Football (Baltimore/Pittsburgh) earned a preliminary 6.0 adults 18-49 rating from 8:30-11:00PM, down from last week's 7.9 rating.
On FOX, The Simpsons earned a 2.5 down seven tenths from last week's 3.2. Bob's Burgers earned a 1.8, down six tenths from last week's 2.4 adults 18-49 rating. Family Guy earned a 2.5, down two tenths from last week's 2.7 adults 18-48 rating. American Dad is the only animation program that didn't go down this week, earning a 2.0, up from its last original's 1.8 adults 18-49 rating two weeks ago.
On ABC, America's Funniest Home Videos earned a 1.7, up three tenths from last week's 1.4 adults 18-49 rating. The American Music Awards garnered a 3.4, down almost a full ratings point from last year's 4.3 and the lowest-rated telecast for the AMAs ever. Your predictions were about right.
On CBS, football overruns delayed the start of primetime until 7:53. These numbers are basically worthless until we see the finals tomorrow.
Broadcast primetime ratings for Sunday, November 18, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 7:00 PM | CBS | NFL Overrun | 5.5 | 15 | 18.42 |
| NBC | Football Night in America | 1.9 | 5 | 6.32 | |
| ABC | America's Funniest Home Videos | 1.7 | 5 | 5.11 | |
| FOX | NFL Overrun/Bob's Burgers -R | 1.3 | 4 | 3.42 | |
| 7:30 PM | NBC | Football Night in America | 2.7 | 7 | 8.02 |
| FOX | The Cleveland Show | 1.6 | 4 | 3.28 | |
| 8:00 PM | NBC | Football Night in America | 4.5 | 11 | 12.75 |
| ABC | American Music Awards | 3.4 | 8 | 9.47 | |
| CBS | 60 Minutes | 3.2 | 8 | 14.15 | |
| FOX | The Simpsons | 2.5 | 6 | 5.19 | |
| 8:30 PM | NBC | Sunday Night Football (8:30-11) 6.0 | 15 | 15.80 | |
| FOX | Bob's Burgers | 1.8 | 4 | 3.98 | |
| 9:00PM | FOX | Family Guy | 2.5 | 6 | 5.07 |
| CBS | The Amazing Race | 2.2 | 5 | 9.64 | |
| 9:30PM | FOX | American Dad | 2.0 | 5 | 4.16 |
| 10:00PM | CBS | The Good Wife/The Mentalist (10:53) | 1.6 | 4 | 9.51 |
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Definitions:
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live baseball game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)
Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
For more information see Numbers 101 and Numbers 102.
@ How the hell is ‘The Good Wife’ still on the air?????
TV by the numbers predict one more season for this show.
@ I’m so pissed at those overruns. Why don’t they appoint the games to start a hour earlier.
This overruns beat everything in CBS sundays and make even 60 min look loke hit drama or sitcom. 60 minutes after ovveruns is usually at least 1 point better than without that lead in.
just curious why the networks show 4 hours of primetime on sundays anyway…it’s not like sundays gets outstanding ratings or anything…if cbs would go to 3 hours, they could show their shows on time, it might help…
Pink gave one hell of a performance last night at the American Music Awards!
The American Music Awards was by far one of the easiest award shows to watch this year! Good performances, great music, it flowed easily and no one really dragged on an acceptance speech!
Not bad ratings for the simpsons the fact that a 24 year old cartoon can beat a simon cowell reality show is pretty funny. Love the simpsons.
If The Mentalist was on tuesdays at 10pm it probably had the best ratings for 10pm for CBS. Instead they choose a show like Vegas to air in that night.
Moving for sundays in the fall is killing the show. i don’t know if it could recovery in midseason…
Bill,
I was just wondering if The Mentalist’s non-primetime rating yesterday factored in its average when it comes to a network renewing a program.
@ Paulo PT
Its last season of TM anyways so……..and CBS do the same thing with CSI NY and Miami.
@Petar, only that you are a fellow bulgarian is stoping me from strangling you for sugesting that Survivor and Amazing Race should be just 1 cycle. Don’t even think about it
“The American Music Awards garnered a 3.4, down almost a full ratings point from last year’s 3.4.”
What?
Petar,
We don’t know it’s the last season of TM. Don’t go spreading rumors.
I like TAR, TGW and Mentalist, but really CBS needs to do something about the overruns. Starting the shows a half hour late when there are late game helps, but where I am they all started a half hour after THAT. It’s ridiculous. I know that CBS needs the NFL games. I know that 60 Minutes has to run for 60 Minutes. Maybe CBS could run an hour of comedies on Sundays and could ditch one or both depending on when the football games end? I’m really tired of having to check my DVR, add time if there is a late game, then come back when the program is supposed to start to see if the game is running later than I planned for and adjust recording time.
The AMAs were a mess last night. It really makes you think about the state of American music when Justine Beiber and Nicki Minaji are walking away with several awards each….
@MVProductions44
Of course. With Bieber being the big winner, what do you expect from him to say?
@ Michael
What song did PINK do? How was Pitbull?
@ Petar Ivanov
It’s not the last season of TM Yet! (Officially, anyway)
I’m glad that CMA beat AMA!
It’s understandable for viewers of 60M, TAR, TGW and TM to hate the football overruns. They still make sense for CBS, though, because the aforementioned shows would never be able to average a 3.0 or better on their own.
CBS probably does hurt these shows due to the ever-changing start times, has created a death slot at 10 PM, and cannot premiere any new shows on Sunday. That’s why CBS’s Sunday lineup looks the way it looks–a bunch of oldies, critically-acclaimed and WB-owned shows.
@percysowner…i watch the good wife, but i never watch it on sundays anymore…i just watch it online the next day…too big of a headache checking when it’s going to be on…
Tommy, AMAs have always been about commercial music. Nothing has changed!
@ Petar, We don’t know it’s the last season of TM. Don’t go spreading rumors.
I know. I mean CBS policy is very simple. Like the fact that they air every season new drama in tuesdays at 10 pm. EVERY SEASON. And new sitcom in mondays at 8:30 monday.
When CBS dramas became old and expensive and with no so good ratings like NCIS CBS move tham in sunday or friday. Only road from here is to be cancel. Althou i agree that some of tham get bonus one season like CSI NY with low ratings, but this are only CBS shows.