Preliminary Ratings: Sunday 09/24/2017

The long delayed, much anticipated premiere of STAR TREK DISCOVERY, the 6th live action series in the franchise, finally happened on CBS. The one hour, first episode drew 8.2 million viewers and a 1.6 rating in Adults 18-49, ranking second in its time slot, behind Sunday Night Football. The ratings are somewhat irrelevant as the series shifted to CBS All-Access, for episode two at 10 PM and all episodes, from this point forward. Getting subscribers to follow the series to the streaming service will be the ultimate payoff. I, for one, did just that and watched both the second hour of the series and the fun and funny post-show, AFTER TREK.

Leading into STAR TREK DISCOVERY was the season premiere of 60 Minutes, now fifty years old. The newsmagazine collected 13.5 million viewers and a 2.5 rating in Adults 18-49, the best numbers for a non-football program.

NBC still won the night with the Raiders vs Redskins match up, but the numbers look to be about 30% off from the previous week.

FOX presented the Who Shot Biggie & Tupac special and brought in relatively decent numbers, beating ABC, head-to-head. ABC's season finales let ABC finishing last on the night, with only AFV not ranking last in its respective time slot.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	4.30 million	0.4	0.8	1.1
CBS	11.80 million	1.8	2.6	3.4
CW	0.00 million	0.0	0.0	0.0
FOX	2.60 million	0.7	1.0	1.2
NBC	13.50 million	3.9	4.9	5.5

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
7:00	ABC	AFV [R]	4.50	0.4	0.7	1.0
8:00	ABC	Celebrity Family Feud	5.10	0.6	1.0	1.4
9:00	ABC	SH Funderdome	3.90	0.4	0.8	1.1
10:00	ABC	The $100,000 Pyramid	3.80	0.3	0.6	0.9
7:00	CBS	NFL Overrun	20.60	4.4	5.5	6.7
7:50	CBS	60 Minutes (SP)	13.50	1.6	2.5	3.4
8:50	CBS	Star Trek Discovery (SP)	8.20	0.9	1.6	2.3
9:50	CBS	NCIS: LA [R]	4.80	0.4	0.7	1.0
7:00	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	2.10	0.5	0.7	0.9
7:30	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	1.80	0.5	0.7	0.9
8:00	FOX	Who Shot Biggie & Tupac	2.90	0.8	1.1	1.4
7:30	NBC	FNiA	7.80	1.8	2.4	2.8
8:00	NBC	NFL Pre-Kick	13.30	3.9	4.9	5.5
8:30	NBC	SNF: WAS v OAK	14.50	4.2	5.3	6.0

* - viewers in millions