Preliminary Ratings: Sunday 08/27/2017

The the NFL powering the night, NBC sweeps the Sunday night ratings. The Preseason Sunday Night Football game brought in 6.4 million viewers and posted a solid 1.6 rating in Adults 18-49, for three full hours of primetime. But look for the live broadcast to change significantly when finals are released tomorrow evening.

FOX, CBS and ABC four it out for second place, with just two-tenths of a point separating the networks in each of the three demographic categories. FOX was #2 in the A18-34 demo, with an overrun of its afternoon NFL preseason game posting numbers similar to SNF on NBC.

CBS was third across the board, with the most watched show, 60 MINUTES and the top demo grabber, BIG BROTHER, but the final two hours of the night continue to drag down the averages.

ABC was #2 in viewership and the older, A25-54 demographic, with a consistent line up throughout the night.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	5.20 million	0.5	0.9	1.3
CBS	4.70 million	0.6	0.9	1.2
CW	0.00 million	0.0	0.0	0.0
FOX	2.60 million	0.7	1.0	1.1
NBC	6.20 million	1.0	1.5	2.0

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
7:00	ABC	AFV [R]	5.40	0.5	1.0	1.4
8:00	ABC	Celebrity Family Feud	6.40	0.6	1.2	1.6
9:00	ABC	Steve Harvey's Funderdome	4.30	0.5	0.8	1.1
10:00	ABC	$100,000 Pyramid	4.50	0.4	0.7	1.0
7:00	CBS	60 Minutes [R]	7.09	0.4	0.7	1.2
8:00	CBS	Big Brother	6.40	1.3	1.8	2.2
9:00	CBS	Candy Crush	2.30	0.4	0.5	0.7
10:00	CBS	NCIS: LA [R]	2.90	0.2	0.4	0.6
7:00	FOX	NFL Preseason Overrun	5.20	1.1	1.5	1.9
7:30	FOX	Bob's Burgers [R]	2.50	0.8	0.9	1.1
8:00	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	2.20	0.7	0.9	1.1
8:30	FOX	Family Guy [R]	2.00	0.6	0.8	0.9
9:00	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	1.90	0.5	0.8	0.9
9:30	FOX	Family Guy [R]	1.80	0.5	0.8	0.9
7:00	NBC	Dateline	5.70	0.9	1.1	1.5
8:00	NBC	NFL Preseason SNF	6.40	1.0	1.6	2.1

* - viewers in millions