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RATINGS RECAP: 10/23/16

ABC
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
8:00 Once Upon a Time
Viewers: 3.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:00 Secrets and Lies
Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
10:00 Quantico
Viewers: 2.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

CBS
7:00 NFL Overrun
Viewers: 19.3 million, 18-49 demo: 5.6
7:35 60 Minutes
Viewers: 16.0 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0
8:35 NCIS: Los Angeles
Viewers: 11.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
9:35 Madam Secretary
Viewers: 9.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
10:35 Elementary
Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

NBC
7:00 Football Night in America
Viewers: 8.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7
8:22 Sunday Night Football
Viewers: 17.7 million, 18-49 demo: 6.0

FOX
7:00 The Simpsons (Repeat)

Viewers: 1.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5
7:30 Bob's Burgers
Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
8:00 The Simpsons
Viewers: 3.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
8:30 Son of Zorn
Viewers: 2.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:00 Family Guy
Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:30 The Last Man on Earth
Viewers: 2.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

Sunday night had the NFL overrun swing back to CBS and of course helping their shows. Starting at 7:35, 60 Minutes swung all the way back up to 16 million viewers and a 3.0 demo. NCIS: Los Angeles followed and was up half a million viewers and three tenths in the demo for its best demo showing since March 9, 2015. This move to Sunday has been good for the veteran drama so far. At 9:35pm, Madam Secretary was down a tenth in viewers and even in the demo as the NFL halo didn't extend that far. Elementary closed out the night up two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. FOX didn't have the NFL overrun but it started OK thanks perhaps to regional NFL action boosting Bob's Burgers to a very solid 1.4 demo at 7:30pm. At 8pm, The Simpsons was down big from last week but topped the FOX lineup with a 1.5 demo. But the rest of the night didn't go as well. Son of Zorn proved it's really not a big player and was down 1.5 million viewers and half a demo point. Family Guy and The Last Man on Earth both tied series lows in the 9pm hour. Family was down 1.2 million viewers and four tenths in the demo while Last Man was down six tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo.

It was another really ugly Sunday for ABC where all three dramas tied or hit a series low. At 8pm, Once Upon a Time was down a tenth in viewers and the demo but that was the best performance of the night. It was incredibly ugly from 9-11pm where Secrets and Lies and Quantico both had 0.7 demos. Secrets was down four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. Quantico was down two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. Secrets will definitely be done after its order and Quantico is looking beyond the point of saving. For those keeping score, these two dramas join Conviction and Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as ABC dramas with 0.7 demos this week. Finally, the ugly tie between the Seahawks and Cardinals on Sunday Night Football was up big from last week's Colts-Texans game.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Secrets and Lies (ABC)

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