NBC's Sunday Night Football finished the 2013-14 television season as the No. 1 show in Primetime in household rating, viewership and the coveted Adult 18-49 demographic, based on live plus same day data from The Nielsen Company (September-May).
This marks the third consecutive television season -- and the only three times on record -- that a sports series has been the highest-rated and most-watched show of the
Primetime TV season.
For the 2013-2014
Primetime television season,
Sunday Night Football ranks as the highest-rated (12.8), most-watched show (21.7 million, viewers 2+), and the No. 1 broadcast program across the key demographics of Adults 18-49, 18-34, 25-54 as well as Men 18-49, 18-34 and 25-54 and Women 18-34 and 18-49.
In addition, 12 SNF games averaged at least 20 million viewers, tying NBC's Sochi Winter Olympics for most
Primetime telecasts with 20 million viewers (not including pre-/post-shows).
Following is a look at
Primetime telecasts averaging at least 20 million viewers from Sept. 5, 2013-May 21, 2014 (based on live plus same day data):
Program # of
Primetime Telecasts With 20 Million Viewers
Sunday Night Football 12
Sochi Winter Olympics 12
NFL Postseason Games* 4 (1 on NBC)
NCIS 2
Big Bang Theory 2
New Girl (post-Super Bowl) 1
Academy Awards 1
Grammy Awards 1
Golden Globe Awards 1
BCS Championship Game 1
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship 1
*Four NFL postseason games in primetime:
Super Bowl XLVIII, NFC Championship Game, AFC Divisional Playoff, NFC Wild Card Playoff
Also notable from the 2013-14 TV season (based on live plus same day data):
· The 21.7 million average viewers for
Sunday Night Football tops second place
NCIS (16.9 million) by nearly five million viewers;
· The 2010-13 seasons of
Sunday Night Football are the first four seasons that an NFL
Primetime package drew more than 21 million viewers since the 1993-1996 seasons of
Monday Night Football on ABC;
· In the advertiser-coveted Adult 18-49 demographic,
Sunday Night Football ranks as the No. 1 show for the fourth consecutive TV season and tops the second place show by 18% (8.0 vs. 6.8 for The Walking Dead);
· Sunday Night Football's win in the Women 18-49 demographic marks the first time ever that a sports series has ranked No. 1 among the broadcast networks in this category for a full TV season. This is the second consecutive season that SNF finished No. 1 among the broadcast networks among Women 18-34 (tied with
The Voice for No. 1 last season).
While final live plus seven data for the broadcast TV season will not be available for a few weeks, according to Nielsen's most current data stream (with live plus seven through May 4),
Sunday Night Football leads the No. 2
Primetime show in the following metrics:
· Average Viewership -
Sunday Night Football averaged 21.9 million viewers, nearly two million more than 20.0 million for Big Bang Theory.
· Household Rating -
Sunday Night Football posted a 12.8 HH rating, topping the 12.4 for NCIS.
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