Preliminary Ratings: Sunday 01/18/15

Sunday night was all CBS and the AFC Championship game. The Colts vs Patriots game collected 37.3 million viewers and a 12.3 rating in Adults 18-49. Compared to last year's NFC Championship, on FOX, the primetime conference title game was down 19.6 million viewers and off by 35% in the demo. When looking at the comparable game, two years ago, on CBS AFC Championship is still down 10.4 million viewers and 27% in the demo. Although the game was close in the first half, New England made it a blow out, early in the 3rd quarter, with viewers possibly tuning out by the 4th quarter. The score of the game ended at 45 - 7.

Neither of the three other networks did Anything to compete against CBS. ABC was the biggest loser, airing an all original line up, finishing last in the A18-49 demographic. FOX was a distance second, with encores of the four comedies, plus a few minutes of post game, from the afternoon's NFC Championship game.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

ABC - 3.8 million viewers, 0.8 rating in A18-49

CBS - 31.6 million viewers, 10.3 rating in A18-49

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

FOX - 2.9 million viewers, 1.1 rating in A18-49

NBC - 3.6 million viewers, 0.9 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
7:00	ABC	AFV	4.80	0.9
8:00	ABC	Galavant	3.40	0.9	-29%
9:00	ABC	Resurrection	3.20	0.7	-6%
10:00	ABC	Revenge	4.00	0.9	25%
6:50	CBS	NFL Playoffs (IND v NE)	37.30	12.3
10:00	CBS	Post Game Show	18.00	5.6	-52%
10:30	CBS	Scorpion	12.30	3.2	-32%
7:00	FOX	Mulaney	4.30	1.5
7:30	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	2.60	1.0	-40%
8:00	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	3.10	1.2	19%
8:30	FOX	Brooklyn Nine-Nine [R]	2.30	0.9	-26%
9:00	FOX	Family Guy [R]	2.50	1.1	9%
9:30	FOX	Bob's Burgers [R]	2.40	1.0	-4%
7:00	NBC	Dateline	4.20	0.7
8:00	NBC	Movie: Bridesmaids	3.30	0.9	-21%

* - in millions