Sunday TV Ratings 2/20/22: Winter Olympics Stay Low for Closing Ceremony, Celebrity Big Brother Ticks Up, Masked Singer Sneak Peak Solid, Summer of Soul Abysmal (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Airing right after the 7PM 'Beijing Gold' telecast (0.55), the '2022 Winter Olympics' (0.95, -0.01) ticked down to its weakest rating yet for the closing ceremony. NBC used that lead-in to preview 'America's Got Talent: Extreme' (0.50) at 10:30, but the spinoff series barely retained half of the 'Olympics' rating. CBS had a solid edition of '60 Minutes' (0.52) that helped 'Celebrity Big Brother' (0.50, +0.24) rebound from Saturday's horrific showing. Reruns of 'The Equalizer' (0.22) and 'SWAT' (0.20) tapered off from there. ABC had a strong rerun of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (0.49), but 2021 film 'Summer of Soul' (0.15) and a repeat of 'The Wonder Years' (0.11) were at disastrous levels, even by current TV rating standards. Over on Fox, a sneak-peek 'Masked Singer' special (0.54) performed quite well in the 7PM slot. Reruns of 'Call Me Kat' (0.27), 'The Simpsons' (0.25), 'The Great North' (0.21), 'Bob's Burgers' (0.21), and 'Family Guy' (0.24) were relatively in the same range. The finale of 'Two Sentence Horror Stories' (0.05/0.05) was up by two-hundredths from its last pair of originals (0.03/0.03) on the CW. An encore of 'All American' (0.04) started off the night at 8. 

Finals Update: '2022 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony' (+0.3), 'Celebrity Big Brother' (+0.1), 'America's Got Talent: Extreme Preview' (+0.2), and the repeat of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (+0.1) adjusted up. 'The Masked Singer Sneak Peak' (-0.2) adjusted down.

Sunday TV Ratings 2/6/22: Winter Olympics Rise Again, Celebrity Big Brother Stays Low, Supermarket Sweep Repeat Beats Most Original Airings (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Though the ceremony continues to trail its 2018 counterpart by anywhere from 60-70%, the '2022 Winter Olympics' (2.01, +0.22) managed to cross the 2.0 threshold for the first time and posted its highest rating thus far. On CBS, '60 Minutes' (0.39, -1.26) completely crumbled, likely due to NBC's dominance and the absence of NFL help. In spite of that, 'Celebrity Big Brother' (0.47, +0.09) picked up a tenth after freefalling for the past two episodes. Repeats of 'The Equalizer' (0.23) and 'SWAT' (0.20) made little noise in the 9PM and 10PM slots respectively. ABC's encores of 'American's Funniest Home Videos' (0.53), 'Celebrity Wheel of Fortune' (0.49), and 'Supermarket Sweep' (0.44) all outrated their original episodes from last week (0.44/0.37/0.34). The 10PM repeat of 'The Rookie' (0.24) was the only show of the lineup to not accomplish this feat. Although they had a strong 'NASCAR' lead-in (0.83), Fox's reruns of 'The Simpsons' (0.30), 'The Great North' (0.20), 'Bob's Burgers' (0.20), and 'Family Guy' (0.27) were at pretty atypical levels. While the 8PM repeat of The CW's 'March' (0.04) was three-hundredths higher than the previous Sunday, 'Two Sentence Horror Stories' (0.03/0.03) declined a good bit from the episodes that aired seven days ago (0.05/0.07).

Finals Update: '2022 Winter Olympics' (+0.1), 'NASCAR' (+0.1), 'Celebrity Big Brother' (+0.1), '60 Minutes' (+0.1), and repeats of 'Celebrity Wheel of Fortune' (+0.1) and 'Family Guy' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Sunday TV Ratings 1/30/22: Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and Supermarket Sweep End Down, NFC Championship Up from 2021 AFC Championship (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Fox's mammoth 'NFC Championship' (14.20) easily outpaced the 2021 AFC Championship (11.83) and gave 'Next Level Chef' (2.59, +2.13) the boost of a lifetime. On ABC, 'Celebrity Wheel of Fortune' (0.37, -0.06) and 'Supermarket Sweep' (0.34, -0.02) lost some ground for their season finales. A 7PM edition of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (0.44, -0.07) also declined, but 10PM drama 'The Rookie' (0.33, +0.01) got back a hundredth. CBS had football-inflated editions of '60 Minutes' (0.91/0.57), 'The Equalizer' (0.32), and 'SWAT' (0.30), but the boost mostly wore off by the time the drama reruns arrived. NBC had meager encores of 'The Wall' (0.15), 'Dateline' (0.23), and 'Law & Order: SVU' (0.20). Despite having a horrific 'March' repeat lead-in (0.01), The CW's 'Two Sentence Horror Stories' (0.05/0.07) improved dramatically from the week prior (0.02/0.02). 

Finals Update: 'NFC Championship' (+4.7), the 8PM '60 Minutes' (+0.1), and 'Celebrity Wheel of Fortune' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Sunday TV Ratings 1/23/22: NFL Playoffs Down from Comparative 2021 Game, NCIS: Hawaii Solid in Lead-Out Slot, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and Supermarket Sweep Drop After Week Off (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: CBS's massive 'Chiefs v. Bills' NFL game (11.37) shed a little less than 4% from the comparative game (11.83) that took place in January 2021 and was the highest-rated broadcast by a longshot. Direct lead-out 'NCIS: Hawai'i' (2.05, +1.64) only retained about 18% of the game but shot up to a series high and outpaced the year-ago 'FBI' (1.98). ABC had a tough time competing with NFL as 'Celebrity Wheel of Fortune' (0.43, -0.19) and 'Supermarket Sweep' (0.36, -0.19) dropped by two-tenths each. 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (0.51, +0.02) actually ticked up at 7 while 'The Rookie' (0.32, -0.08) lost eight-hundredths in the 10PM hour. NBC had football-boosted reruns of 'American Auto' (0.77/0.42), but the NFL power died down by the time animated flick 'The Secret Life of Pets' (0.29) aired. A 10PM encore of 'Dateline' (0.35) was able to build from there. Fox went with repeats of 'The Simpsons' (0.18), 'Bob's Burgers' (0.22), more 'Simpsons' (0.29), 'The Great North' (0.22), more 'Bob's' (0.25), and 'Family Guy' (0.26). 'Legends of the Hidden Temple' (0.05, -0.02) and 'Two Sentence Horror Stories' (0.02, -0.03) suffered noticeable declines on the CW. 

Finals Update: 'NFL: Chiefs v. Bills' (+2.6), 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (+0.1), 'Supermarket Sweep' (+0.1), the 7PM repeat of 'American Auto' (+0.1), 'Dateline NBC' (+0.1), and the 9pm rerun of 'Bob's Burgers' (+0.1) adjusted up. 'NCIS: Hawai'i' (-0.1) adjusted down.

Sunday TV Ratings 1/16/22: NFL on CBS Tops NFL on NBC, Two Sentence Horror Stories Returns Down (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: On a Sunday night mostly populated by reruns, NBC's telecast of the 'Steelers v. Chiefs' NFL game (7.91) rose by over 60% from the week-ago 'Chargers v. Raiders' matchup (4.85) and beat all competing programs that aired in the 8pm-11pm stretch. A 7pm encore of 'Grand Crew' (0.44) went higher than every one of its first-run episodes and led into 'Football Night in America' (0.80). CBS's '60 Minutes' (1.65, +0.52) improved by five-tenths from the week prior thanks to an 'NFL Overrun' lead-in (10.69) that was triple the size of the one from the previous Sunday (3.36). Repeats of 'The Equalizer' (0.50) and 'SWAT' (0.32) filled out the remainder of the evening. ABC had solid reruns of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (0.41) and 'Celebrity Wheel of Fortune' (0.42), but encores of 'Supermarket Sweep' (0.31) and 'The Rookie' (0.18) tapered off from there. Fox had middling reruns of 'The Simpsons' (0.24/0.27), 'Bob's Burgers' (0.21/0.23), 'The Great North' (0.23), and 'Family Guy' (0.29). The CW's 'Legends of the Hidden Temple' (0.07, +0.03) picked up three-hundredths and was followed by the season premiere of 'Two Sentence Horror Stories' (0.05/0.05). 'Horror Stories' was at less than half of its 2021 debut (0.12/0.10).

Finals Update: 'NFL Overrun' (+2.4) and 'NFL: Steelers v. Chiefs' (+1.9) adjusted up. '60 Minutes' (-0.4), 'Football Night in America' (-4.7), and the repeat of 'Grand Crew' (-1.1) adjusted down.