Preliminary ratings: Sunday 09/16/2018

NBC easily takes the Sunday night ratings, as Sunday Night Football scores 18.2 million viewers and a 6.3 rating in Adults 18-49.That is down nearly four million total viewers and 1.2 points in the key A18-49 demographic, from last week's game.

CBS was the #2 network, with a nice sizable lead in, from the late game of the NFL doubleheader, producing 19.9 million viewers into primetime. 60 MINUTES and BIG BROTHER saw bumps in their numbers.

ABC edges FOX for third, with two hours of original game show episode action. FOX's all-encore animated night was competitive, in the key demographics.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	4.40 million	0.4	0.7	1.0
CBS	8.40 million	1.4	2.0	2.5
CW	0.00 million	0.0	0.0	0.0
FOX	1.90 million	0.6	0.7	0.9
NBC	16.20 million	4.3	5.5	6.5

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
7:00	ABC	AFV [R]	4.70	0.4	0.7	1.0
8:00	ABC	Celbrity Family Feud	5.00	0.5	0.9	1.2
9:00	ABC	$100,000 Pyramid	4.40	0.4	0.7	1.0
10:00	ABC	To Tell The Truth [R]	3.30	0.3	0.5	0.8
7:00	CBS	NFL Overrun	19.90	4.0	5.5	6.8
7:30	CBS	60 Min [R]	11.90	1.9	2.6	3.3
8:30	CBS	Big Brother	6.50	1.3	1.7	2.0
9:30	CBS	NCIS: LA [R]	3.50	0.5	0.7	0.9
10:30	CBS	NCIS: LA [R]	3.30	0.2	0.5	0.7
7:00	FOX	Bob's Burgers [R]	2.80	0.7	0.9	1.1
7:30	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	2.00	0.6	0.8	0.9
8:00	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	2.00	0.7	0.8	1.0
8:30	FOX	Bob's Burgers [R]	1.60	0.5	0.6	0.7
9:00	FOX	Family Guy [R]	1.50	0.6	0.6	0.7
9:30	FOX	Family Guy [R]	1.50	0.6	0.6	0.7
7:30	NBC	FNiA	7.80	1.8	2.4	2.9
8:00	NBC	SNF Pre-game	14.50	3.6	4.8	5.7
8:25	NBC	SNF: DAL v NYG	18.20	4.9	6.3	7.4

* - viewers in millions