TV Ratings: Football, Dolly Parton Score in Seven-Day Charts

The week after Thanksgiving brought some solid viewing for holiday programming and lot of football to TV viewers in the United States.

NBC’s Sunday Night Football telecast was, as usual, the biggest primetime program of the week, but several college football games also scored in the seven-day ratings, led by Fox’s broadcast of the Big Ten title game. NBC’s holiday movie Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas also landed in the top 10 among total viewers, while the annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center made the chart in the adults 18-49 demographic.

Mountain Magic Christmas will likely be have the biggest audience of any holiday movie the broadcast nets are running this year. After a week of delayed viewing (not including streaming), the film had 6.98 million viewers, up from 6.18 million for its initial airing on Dec. 1. Christmas in Rockefeller Center landed just outside the top 10 in total viewers (6.65 million) and tied for ninth place among adults 18-49 with a 0.8 rating.

Sunday Night Football led both the total viewer (18.3 million) and adults 18-49 (4.9 rating) charts for the week. The Big Ten championship was third in viewers at 10.79 million and second in the 18-49 demo with a 2.7 rating. CBS’ Blue Bloods was the most watched entertainment program, coming in just under 9.2 million viewers.

Seven-day Nielsen ratings totals do not include streaming, which makes up a sizable portion of the total audience for entertainment programming. The top 10 broadcast shows (including ties) in the seven-day ratings for Nov. 28-Dec. 4 are below.

Total Viewers

Show	Network	Live +7 viewers (000s)	Change from live + SD	% change from live + SD
Sunday Night Football	NBC	18,298	166	1%
60 Minutes	CBS	11,031	567	5%
Big Ten Championship Game	Fox	10,785	86	1%
Blue Bloods	CBS	9,195	3,572	64%
Fire Country	CBS	7,897	2,442	45%
The Voice – Tuesday	NBC	7,747	955	14%
911	Fox	7,577	2,621	53%
The Voice – Monday	NBC	7,317	1,090	18%
Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas	NBC	6,975	794	13%
Survivor	CBS	6,799	1,494	28%

Adults 18-49

Show	Network	Live +7 18-49 rating	Change from live + SD	% change from live + SD
Sunday Night Football	NBC	4.9	even	0%
Big Ten Championship Game	Fox	2.7	even	0%
Pac-12 Championship Game	Fox	1.6	even	0%
60 Minutes	CBS	1.5	0.1	7%
911	Fox	1.1	0.4	57%
Survivor	CBS	1.0	0.3	43%
The Masked Singer	Fox	0.9	0.2	29%
The Voice – Monday	NBC	0.9	0.2	29%
Abbott Elementary	ABC	0.8	0.3	60%
The Conners	ABC	0.8	0.2	33%
The Voice – Tuesday	NBC	0.8	0.1	14%
ACC Championship Game	ABC	0.8	even	0%
Christmas in Rockefeller Center	NBC	0.8	even	0%

Source: Nielsen.