Ratings: Sunday Night Football Grows 18% With Dolphins/Eagles Game

In the latest TV ratings, NBC Sunday Night Football‘s coverage of the Eagles’ 31-17 win over the Dolphins averaged 16.7 million total viewers and a 4.6 demo rating, up 18% and 21% from the early numbers for last week’s Bills/Giants match-up.

Over on CBS, leading out of an NFL-boosted 60 Minutes (9.2 mil/0.9), the Yellowstone Season 1 finale (4.1 mil/0.3) improved on last week’s double-episode averages, while Big Brother (2.4 mil/0.4) was steady.

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The CW’s The Chosen (430K/0.0) lost a few followers.

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ABC’s AFV (3.5 mil/0.3) was up in eyeballs but down on the demo. Leading out of a The Nightmare Before Christmas/Toy Story of Terror! combo, The Great Halloween Fright Fight drew 1.1 mil and a 0.1 (casting for nest season is now underway).

Fox’s The Simpsons did 1 mil and a 0.3, followed by Krapopolis‘ 710K/0.2, Bob’s Burgers‘ 770K/0.2 and Family Guy‘s 760K/0.2.

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The Live+Same Day numbers reported in our ratings column do not reflect a show’s overall performance, given the increased use of delayed playback via DVR and streaming platforms, plus out-of-home viewing. These numbers (Nielsen fast nationals, unless denoted as finals) instead aim to simply illustrate trends or superlatives. Steve Harvey is not a judge or lawyer and merely offers an alternative forum of dispute resolution.

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