Broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Sunday, January 20, 2019
Note: Live NFL coverage on CBS will likely result in greater adjustments than usual for the network in the finals.
The numbers for Sunday:
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 rating/share | Viewers (millions) |
| 7 p.m. | AFC Championship (CBS) (7-10:30 p.m.) | 14.5/46 | 46.47 |
| The Masked Singer (FOX) – R | 1.1/4 | 3.92 | |
| America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC) – R | 0.6/2 | 4.15 | |
| Minions (NBC) (7-9 p.m.) – R | 0.4/2 | 1.80 | |
| 8 p.m. | The Simpsons (FOX) – R | 0.7/2 | 2.18 |
| America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC) – R | 0.6/2 | 3.98 | |
| Supergirl (The CW) | 0.3/1 | 1.04 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Bob’s Burgers (FOX) – R | 0.6/2 | 1.58 |
| 9 p.m. | Shark Tank (ABC) | 0.7/2 | 2.83 |
| Dateline (NBC) (9-11 p.m.) | 0.6/2 | 3.70 | |
| Family Guy (FOX) – R | 0.6/2 | 1.62 | |
| Charmed (The CW) | 0.3/1 | 0.82 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | The Cool Kids (FOX) – R | 0.5/2 | 1.46 |
| 10 p.m. | Shark Tank (ABC) – R | 0.6/2 | 2.47 |
| 10:30 p.m. | Magnum P.I. (CBS) | 3.8/16 | 12.06 |
The AFC Championship game, predictably, scored a dominant win in the Sunday primetime ratings this week.
Pending updates, CBS’ broadcast of the Patriots vs. Chiefs game scored a massive 14.5 rating in adults 18-49 with 46.47 million viewers. That is up significantly from the 13.4 final and 42.30 million viewers that FOX’s primetime broadcast of the NFC Championship scored in 2018.
A special, post-game Sunday night episode of “Magnum P.I.” posted a 3.8 with 12.06 million viewers, over four times its current season average, and easily marking a new series high for the CBS drama.
Elsewhere, NBC kicked off its night with an airing of “Minions” (0.4), before heading into a 2-hour “Dateline,” which posted a 0.6 with 3.70 million viewers. On ABC, a new episode of “Shark Tank” grabbed a 0.7, down four-tenths from its season high 1.1 a week ago.
The CW’s “Supergirl” returned from hiatus with a 0.3, down from the 0.8 its “Elseworlds” crossover fall finale had scored. “Charmed” returned with a 0.3 as well, but was even with its fall finale last year. All of the night’s other broadcasts were repeats.
Network averages:
| CBS | FOX | ABC | NBC | CW | |
| Adults 18-49 rating/share | 13.1/40 | 0.8/3 | 0.6/2 | 0.5/2 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (millions) | 43.04 | 2.45 | 3.36 | 2.75 | 0.93 |
Definitions:
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.
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. 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.
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.
Time Shifted Viewing: Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
Source: The Nielsen Company.
