RATINGS RECAP: 11/1/15

ABC
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
8:00 Once Upon a Time
Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
9:00 Blood & Oil
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
10:00 Quantico
Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

CBS
7:00 60 Minutes
Viewers: 11.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
8:00 Madam Secretary
Viewers: 9.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 The Good Wife
Viewers: 7.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
10:00 CSI: Cyber
Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

NBC
7:00 Football Night in America
Viewers: 9.5 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2
8:30 Sunday Night Football
Viewers: 23.0 million, 18-49 demo: 8.2

FOX
7:00 NFL Overrun
Viewers: 29.4 million, 18-49 demo: 9.6
7:30 The OT
Viewers: 17.9 million, 18-49 demo: 6.2
8:00 MLB World Series Game 5
Viewers: 17.2 million, 18-49 demo: 5.1

It was a big sports night on Sunday with over 40 million people watching either the MLB or the NFL. Game 5 of the World Series, which saw the Kansas City Royals take the title, delivered a strong 17.2 million viewers and 5.1 demo for FOX. The showdown between the undefeated Broncos and Packers was up nicely from last week too despite the World Series competition. As always, the NFL came out on top but both games delivered big numbers. The competing dramas on CBS and ABC had rough nights. On CBS, 60 Minutes was up seven tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo but all three dramas were down. Madam Secretary was down 1.3 million viewers and two tenths in the demo. The Good Wife was 1.2 million viewers and two tenths in the demo. For The Good Wife, that was a series low in total viewers and a tie for series low in the demo. At 10pm, CSI: Cyber was down 1.1 million viewers and a tenth in the demo.

On ABC, America's Funniest Home Videos was down three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. All the dramas that followed hit new series lows. Once Upon a Time was down three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo and Blood & Oil was down half a million viewers and also a tenth in the demo. The most concerning result came from Quantico, which was down a million viewers and three tenths in the demo. It had to face sports and a half hour of The Walking Dead, but this is still quite troubling as the show has lost its early heat quickly. I'm not sure if it can be salvaged but Blood & Oil is certainly not helping matters as its lead-in. I'm really surprised ABC is not doing more to help this show when there was clearly some initial interest.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Sunday Night Football (NBC)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Quantico (ABC)

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