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RATINGS RECAP: 10/18/15

ABC
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
8:00 Once Upon a Time
Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
9:00 Blood & Oil
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
10:00 Quantico
Viewers: 5.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

CBS
7:00 NFL Overrun
Viewers: 25.0 million, 18-49 demo: 7.7
7:59 60 Minutes
Viewers: 13.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4
8:59 Madam Secretary
Viewers: 9.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:59 The Good Wife
Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
10:59 CSI: Cyber
Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

NBC
7:00 Football Night in America
Viewers: 7.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7
8:30 Sunday Night Football
Viewers: 22.8 million, 18-49 demo: 8.2

FOX
7:00 The Grinder (Repeat)
Viewers: 0.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.3
7:30 The Simpsons (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
8:00 The Simpsons
Viewers: 3.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
8:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 Bob's Burgers
Viewers: 2.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:30 The Last Man on Earth
Viewers: 2.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0

Sunday night had a big Colts-Patriots matchup on Sunday Night Football and it was up nicely from last week's Giants-49ers game. CBS had a very long NFL overrun so the shows started half an hour later than scheduled and an hour later than they air on non-football Sundays. This meant there wasn't as much of a benefit to the rest of the lineup. 60 Minutes was down 2.6 million viewers and half a demo point from last week. It would have done much better if it started at 7:30. Madam Secretary followed and was down 1.6 million viewers and three tenths in the demo. The Good Wife was down seven tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. Why doesn't CBS just pull the trigger and move this to 10pm? CSI: Cyber had the tough task of starting at 10:59pm on the East Coast and it was down nine tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo for a series low. I don't know why they don't just air repeats when it gets this late a start.

ABC held up well except for 7pm where America's Funniest Home Videos was down three tenths in viewers and the demo. This is pretty low for Videos, but I don't think we can blame the new host until we see how it does without football competition. The three dramas all hit series lows in viewers but were even in the demo. Once Upon a Time and Blood & Oil were both down four tenths in the demo while Quantico was down half a million viewers. Finally on FOX, The Simpsons had its pre-Halloween episode and it was up four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. The rest of the night was down starting with Brooklyn Nine-Nine dropping two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. A special airing of Bob's Burgers at 9pm was well below usual Family Guy numbers and not much better than its usual 7:30pm airings. At 9:30pm, The Last Man on Earth was down four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo for a new series low. I can't imagine what these numbers will look like in the spring.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: The Simpsons (FOX)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC)
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