Preliminary Ratings: Sunday 11/20/2016

With one of its more high-profile specials, the American Music Awards, ABC could only finish in third place on Sunday night. The Pop music awards show drew just 8.2 million viewers and a 2.4 rating in Adults 18-49. That is down nearly three million viewers and more than 30% in the demo, from lat year's telecast. Just three years ago, the AMAs collected 13.1 million viewers and a 4.5 demo rating.

NBC was the nightly winner thanks to SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. The ratings may have been bigger had the Redskins not blown out the Packers, 42-24. Week-to-week, SNF is down 2.3 million viewers and 14% in the demo.

CBS ratings are a bit of a mess, thanks to an NFL Overrun that push the schedule back  by more than 30 minutes. The numbers will sort out when Finals are released on Tuesday.

FOX was a non-contender on the night and the average should fall once late-local NFL games are excluded from the 7 PM hour.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	7.90 million	1.6	2.1	2.6
CBS	11.50 million	1.4	2.1	2.9
CW	0.00 million	0.0	0.0	0.0
FOX	2.50 million	1.0	1.1	1.2
NBC	15.20 million	4.1	5.0	5.9

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
7:00	ABC	AFV	6.80	0.8	1.1	1.5
8:00	ABC	American Music Awards	8.20	1.8	2.4	2.9
7:00	CBS	NFL Overrun	19.40	4.0	5.1	6.3
7:45	CBS	60 Minutes	14.20	1.5	2.3	3.3
8:45	CBS	NCIS: LA	10.20	0.9	1.4	2.1
9:45	CBS	Madam Secretary	7.60	0.4	0.9	1.4
10:45	CBS	Elementary	6.30	0.4	0.8	1.2
7:00	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	2.80	0.8	0.9	1.2
7:45	FOX	Bob's Burgers	2.30	0.9	1.0	1.1
8:00	FOX	The Simpsons	2.90	1.1	1.3	1.5
8:30	FOX	Bob's Burgers	2.40	1.0	1.2	1.2
9:00	FOX	Family Guy	2.70	1.2	1.3	1.4
9:30	FOX	The Last man On Earth	2.00	0.8	0.9	1.0
7:30	NBC	FNiA	8.70	2.0	2.6	3.2
8:00	NBC	Pre-Game	13.40	3.6	4.4	5.2
8:30	NBC	SNF: GB v WAS	16.90	4.6	5.6	6.6

* - viewers in millions