NBC Sunday Night Football‘s Chiefs-Jets match-up ft. Taylor Swift and a whole entourage of other celebs drew 20.2 million total viewers and a 5.3 demo rating, surging 34% and 23% from last week’s preliminary numbers to mark highs for the nascent season.
Opposite the star-studded game….
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FOX | The Simpsons‘ season opener (2.8 mil/0.8) led all non-sports fare in the demo. Krapopolis (1.4 mil/0.4) dipped from last week’s regularly scheduled episode, followed by Bob’s Burgers‘ 1.2 mil/0.4 and Family Guy‘s 1 mil/0.3.
ABC | AFV returned to 3.2 mil and a 0.3, leading into Jungle Cruise‘s 2.1 mil/0.3.
THE CW | The Chosen (390K) lost some eyeballs.
CBS | This week’s double pump of Yellowstone reruns averaged 4.1 mil and a 0.25, down 15% and 29% from last Sunday.
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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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