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RATINGS RECAP: 10/5/14

ABC
7:00 Once Upon a Time (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
8:00 Once Upon a Time
Viewers: 9.2 million, 18-49 demo: 3.3
9:00 Resurrection
Viewers: 6.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
10:00 Revenge
Viewers: 5.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

CBS
7:00 NFL Overrun
Viewers: 19.7 million, 18-49 demo: 6.9
7:30 60 Minutes
Viewers: 14.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5
8:30 Madam Secretary
Viewers: 12.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
9:30 The Good Wife
Viewers: 10.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
10:30 CSI
Viewers: 8.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3

NBC
7:00 Football Night in America
Viewers: 7.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7
8:00 NFL Pregame
Viewers: 10.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.9
8:30 Sunday Night Football
Viewers: 19.4 million, 18-49 demo: 7.4

FOX
7:00 The Simpsons (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
7:30 Bob's Burgers
Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
8:00 The Simpsons
Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
8:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
9:00 Family Guy
Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
9:30 Mulaney
Viewers: 2.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0

A week after a stunning Sunday, FOX came crashing back to Earth on the second Sunday of the season. It didn't have a direct NFL lead-in, but the drops were stunningly horrible. The season premiere of Bob's Burgers did OK at 7:30pm, much better than it was doing in the same slot in the spring. But things got worse from there. At 8pm, The Simpsons fell 4.2 million viewers and 1.9 demo points, and that wasn't even the worst drop. The best week to week show was Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which fell "only" 2.2 million viewers and a full demo point. After getting its best numbers since early 2011, Family Guy collapsed 4.9 million viewers and 2.6 demo points for a series low. This was one of the worst week-to-week performances I have ever seen. The news got even worse at 9:30pm when the series premiere of Mulaney was completely DOA with an anemic 2.3 million viewers and a 1.0 demo. I expect we'll see Bob's Burgers at 9:30pm sooner rather than later. Even for FOX, this was a disastrous debut. Of course, FOX will rise and fall with the NFL in the coming months. While last week was abnormally high, they have to hope this week was abnormally low.

Over on ABC, the Frozen effect was still strong for Once Upon a Time as it was down a respectable million viewers and four tenths in the demo to a 3.3. It is still way ahead in year-to-year comparisons, which is very impressive for a show that did not change timeslots. At 9pm, Resurrection stumbled after a solid season premiere last week. It was down 1.7 million viewers and half a demo point. The viewer total was a series low. After a surprising performance last week, this is more what I expected from this show in season two, and I think it'll continue to drop. At 10pm, Revenge was down four tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. While not good, things could have been worse here.

On CBS, a blowout NFL game of the Chargers over the Jets resulted in a not as strong NFL lead-in so 60 Minutes was well below its last NFL lead-in edition. Madam Secretary followed and was down half a million viewers but up two tenths in the demo. It skewed a bit younger this week, perhaps due to football, but it's holding its own in this slot. At 9:30pm, The Good Wife was down three tenths in viewers and even in the demo. CSI closed out the night down 1.4 million viewers and even in the demo. The viewer total is a series low, but it did start at 10:30pm so that has to be taken into account. Finally on NBC, the Patriots-Bengals contest was significantly down from last week's Cowboys-Saints matchup.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Once Upon a Time (ABC)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Mulaney (FOX)
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