In recent television ratings, ABC’s presentation of the American Music Awards on Sunday night averaged just 3.3 million total viewers and a sharply declining 0.6 demo rating. since last year’s first figures (3.8 mil / 1.0) to mark historic lows.
Read our recaps of highlights from Kelly Rowland (tempered boos for Chris Brown), Pink (paying tribute to the late Olivia Newton John) and Dove Cameron (remembering the Colorado Springs shooting victims), and review the list of winners.
Somewhere else…..
BNC | Sunday night footballThe Chiefs/Chargers game drew 13.7 million and 3.5, up 23 and 9% from last week’s preliminary numbers for the Chargers/49ers.
THE CW | A Walton Thanksgiving (590,000/0.1) attracted a significantly smaller audience than last year Back home TV Movie (960K/0.1).
FOX | The simpsons drew 1.2 mil / 0.3, followed by The big Northis 870K/0.2, Bob’s Burgers‘ 1 mil/0.3 and family guyis 1.1mil/0.4.
SCS | 60 minutes attracted the best non-sporting audience of the evening (8 million). The equalizer (5.7 million), Eastern New York (4.4 million) and NCIS: THE (3.7 million) each lost viewers ahead of next Sunday’s Fall Finals.
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The Live + Same Day numbers reported in our review column make not reflect a show’s overall performance, given the increased use of playback via DVR and streaming platforms, as well as out-of-home viewing. Rather, these numbers (Nielsen Rapid Nationals, unless referred to as Finals) are intended to merely illustrate trends or superlatives. Steve Harvey is neither a judge nor a lawyer and simply provides an alternative dispute resolution forum.