Fast national ratings for Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011
NFL games -- both the scheduled contest on NBC's "Sunday Night Football" and an afternoon game that bled nearly an hour into primetime on CBS -- ruled Sunday night's ratings. "Once Upon a Time," meanwhile, declined some from previous episodes (though it still performed pretty well), and ABC's first Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, "Mitch Albom's Have a Little Faith," drew pretty meager ratings.
NBC led the night with 14.2 million viewers and an 8.7 rating/13 share in households, beating out the 13.5 million viewers and 8.2/12 for CBS (numbers for both nets will change in the final nationals when the live NFL telecasts are accounted for). ABC (7.8 million, 4.6/7) finished third overall, while FOX -- which also had an NFL overrun in some markets -- delivered 5.3 million viewers and a 3.0/4.
Thanks to "Sunday Night Football," NBC also led the adults 18-49 demographic with a 5.4 rating. CBS took second with a 3.6. FOX's 2.4 beat out ABC's 1.8 for third.
Sunday hour by hour:
7 p.m.
CBS: NFL overrun/"60 Minutes" (22.9 million viewers, 13.8/21 households)
ABC: "America's Funniest Home Videos" (7.6 million, 4.2/6)
NBC: "Football Night in America" (6.9 million, 3.6/6)
FOX: NFL overrun (8.8 million, 5.0/8)/"The Cleveland Show" (4.1 million, 2.3/3)
18-49 leader: NFL overrun/"60 Minutes" (7.0)
8 p.m.
CBS: "60 Minutes"/"The Amazing Race" (15.4 million, 9.3/14)
NBC: "Sunday Night Football" - Steelers-Chiefs (15.25 million, 9.3/13)
ABC: "Once Upon a Time" (10.7 million, 5.9/8)
FOX: "The Simpsons" (5.6 million, 3.0/4)/"Allen Gregory" (3.1 million, 1.8/3)
18-49 leader: "Sunday Night Football" (5.6)
9 p.m.
NBC: "Sunday Night Football" (18.1 million, 11.0/18)
CBS: "The Amazing Race"/"Person of Interest" rerun (9 million, 5.5/8)
ABC: Movie - "Mitch Albom's Have a Little Faith" (6.4 million, 3.9/6)
FOX: "Family Guy" (5.5 million, 3.2/5)/"American Dad" (4.45 million, 2.7/4)
18-49 leader: "Sunday Night Football" (6.8)
10 p.m.
NBC: "Sunday Night Football" (16.4 million, 10.1/16)
CBS: "Person of Interest" rerun (6.8 million, 4.4/7)
ABC: "Mitch Albom's Have a Little Faith" (6.6 million, 4.3/7)
18-49 leader: "Sunday Night Football" (6.8)
Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change, especially in the case of live telecasts. Source: The Nielsen Company.
