RATINGS RECAP: 11/20/16

ABC
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
8:00 American Music Awards
Viewers: 8.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4

CBS
7:00 NFL Overrun
Viewers: 20.1 million, 18-49 demo: 5.7
7:46 60 Minutes
Viewers: 14.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
8:46 NCIS: Los Angeles
Viewers: 10.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
9:46 Madam Secretary
Viewers: 8.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
10:46 Elementary
Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

NBC
7:00 Football Night in America
Viewers: 8.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7
8:30 Sunday Night Football
Viewers: 18.7 million, 18-49 demo: 6.2

FOX
7:00 The Simpsons (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5
7:30 Bob's Burgers
Viewers: 2.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
8:00 The Simpsons
Viewers: 2.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
8:30 Bob's Burgers
Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 Family Guy
Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
9:30 The Last Man on Earth
Viewers: 2.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

On Sunday night, it was back to CBS having the NFL overrun and it went even past the 7:30pm cushion CBS has established. It also didn't help the lineup as much because last week's 60 Minutes was so huge. 60 Minutes started at 7:46pm but was down 5.1 million viewers and eight tenths in the demo from last week's Trump interview edition. At 8:46pm, NCIS: Los Angeles was down 1.7 million viewers and a tenth in the demo. At 9:46pm, Madam Secretary was down eight tenths in viewers and even in the demo while Elementary finished things off down half a million viewers and even in the demo. On ABC, America's Funniest Home Videos rose nicely from last week as it was up two million viewers and three tenths in the demo. The horrible drama lineup took a week off for the American Music Awards but the long running awards show hit its lowest result ever. Of course, it's still a massive improvement over the regular lineup. NBC had a Packers-Redskins game that was down a lot from last week's big Seahawks-Patriots game. Finally, it was FOX without the NFL overrun so they went back down. Notably though, a special airing of Bob's Burgers at 8:30pm did better than Son of Zorn on non-NFL Sundays.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Bob's Burgers (FOX)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Elementary (CBS)

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