TV Ratings: Donald Trump ’60 Minutes’ Sit-Down Soars
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The season premiere of CBS’, a unit of Viacom (NASDAQ:VIA) 60 Minutes was notable, featuring interviews with GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump and Russian President Putin. The hour long episode netted a 2.9 rating in the Key demo and 15-M viewers. CBS also used Sunday to air its 2-hour sendoff to the CSI franchise. The final installment, airing as a telepic took a 1.8 rating among adults 18-49.
Though not up as much as last week’s frame, NBC’s, a unit of Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) Sunday Night Football marked a win against broadcast’s other offerings on Sunday night. The week after the Emmys, and the Big Four airing entirely original competition, the Lions-Broncos game nabbed a 13.8 rating and a 23 share in overnights.
ABC had the biggest variables of the night with the addition of its 2 new dramas.
After the season of Once Upon a Time returned to a 1.8 rating among adults 18-49, per Nielsen Media’s slightly delayed Fast Nationals, the network launched Blood and Oil and Quantico. The 9:00p soap averaged a 1.4 rating among adults 18-49 for its 1st frame, pulling 6.3-M viewers.
As for Quantico, the drama did a 1.9 rating in the Key demo and 7.1-M viewers. The fact that the latter could grow the network’s audience at 10:00p after a soft lead-in bodes well for the Priyanka Chopra starer.
Fox (NASDAQ::FOX) was back in originals with its comedy block of Bob’s Burgers (1.3 adults), The Simpsons (1.5 adults), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (1.5 adults), Family Guy (1.5 adults) and, airing in the fall for the first time, Last Man On Earth(1.4 adults). The latter was steady with its May season one finale. And while all of the returning half-hours took dips from last fall, those episodes ran after a sizeable football lead-in and included a highly promotedSimpsons/Family Guy crossover.
Stay tuned…
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Paul Ebeling
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