Final Ratings: September 14, 2014

Football rules Sunday night, as it will for the next five months, with NBC easily taking the night in both reported ratings categories. SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL commanded 22.2 million viewers, down from last week's 23.7 million viewers. Part of the decrease could come from the long play of the first half, which took nearly 30 extra minutes, than your average NFL game. That could be the reason for the drop off in viewership, on the back end of the night.

The 2015 MISS AMERICA PAGEANT saw erosion from year ago ratings. The 2015 edition drew 7.1 million viewers and a 1.7 demo rating. That is down 1.6 million viewers and 15% in the A18-49 numbers. it is time for these pageants to end. They are irrelevant in today's world and "tradition" is about the only thing keeping them going.

Over 7.4 million viewers watched the last Sunday edition of BIG BROTHER. It is one of the better performances from the Sunday edition of the series, and was 2014's last. The season will close out this Tuesday & Wednesday.

UNFORGETTABLE called it a summer as the two hour, double episode finale, averaging 6.1 million viewers and a 1.1 demo rating. It was a relatively good summer for the series and as long as production costs are in check, this could see a fourth summer run in 2015.

Final Network Averages:

ABC - 5.6 million viewers, 1.2 rating in A18-49

CBS - 11.4 million viewers, 3.2 rating in A18-49

CW - 0.0 million viewers, 0.0 rating in A18-49

FOX - 2.3 million viewers, 1.1 rating in A18-49

NBC - 18.8 million viewers, 7.2 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
7:00	ABC	AFV [R]	4.54	0.7
8:00	ABC	Countdown to Miss America	3.67	0.7	-19%
9:00	ABC	2015 Miss America	7.07	1.7	93%
7:00	CBS	NFL Overrun	24.94	8.6
7:50	CBS	60 Minutes [R]	12.29	2.9	-51%
8:50	CBS	Big Brother	7.41	2.5	-40%
9:50	CBS	Unforgettable	6.45	1.1	-13%
10:50	CBS	Unforgettable	5.78	1.0	-10%
7:00	FOX	Bob's Burgers [R]	1.35	0.5
7:30	FOX	Bob's Burgers [R]	1.60	0.7	19%
8:00	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	2.65	1.2	66%
8:30	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	2.80	1.3	6%
9:00	FOX	American Dad	2.62	1.3	-6%
9:30	FOX	American Dad	2.66	1.3	2%
7:30	NBC	FNiA	5.39	1.8
8:00	NBC	FNiA	12.36	4.7	129%
8:30	NBC	SNF (CHI vs SF)	22.15	8.5	79%

* - in millions