Sunday TV Ratings 1/11/26: Golden Globes Up from 2025, 49ers/Eagles NFL Playoff Game Massive, Strong Sampling for Fear Factor: House of Fear [+ Analysis]

The Golden Globe Awards (1.80) rose by 3% in the Adults 18-49 demographic from 2025's ceremony (1.75), even as the CBS broadcast of the event dealt with a slight decline in total viewership. On Fox, the series premiere of Fear Factor: House of Fear (1.60) fell behind the Globes, even with the help of massive NFL inflation. NFL on NBC (5.76) was up by six tenths from last week. ABC aired the film That Thing You Do! (0.12), while the CW went with The Princess Bride (0.06). Key: (R) = repeat.

Sunday TV Ratings 1/5/25: Golden Globes Down Less Than 1% from 2024, When Calls the Heart and Mayfair Witches Return to New Series Lows, Going Dutch and Animal Control Repeats Low Despite NFL Help [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: On CBS, the Golden Globes (1.75) shed a single hundredth from the year-ago broadcast (1.76) in the Adults 18-49 demographic despite having noticeably less NFL help than it did in 2024. America's Funniest Home Videos (0.27, +0.02) rose on ABC, but the 9 p.m. showing of Toy Story 3 (0.16) was a tenth below the 8 p.m. AFHV encore (0.26). Fox used their NFL lead-in to inflate a pilot encore of Going Dutch (0.46), but the boost wore off by the time a repeat of Animal Control (0.19) rolled around. Repeats of Krapopolis (0.12) and Universal Basic Guys (0.10) occupied the 9 p.m. hour. The Vikings v. Lions NFL game posted a massive 6.24 rating on NBC. The CW aired the 2005 Will Smith film Hitch (0.06) and a rerun of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (0.03). Key: (R) = repeat.

Sunday TV Ratings 1/7/24: Golden Globes Rise with NFL Help, Grimsburg Bombs, The Great North Ticks Up Slightly from Finale (UPDATED w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: Though its growth was largely due to NFL Overrun help, CBS's broadcast of The 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1.76) was up by over 50% from 2023's (1.13) in the Adults 18-49 demographic. The trend was very similar in total viewers (9.47 million in 2024 vs. 6.25 million in '23), meaning that the Globes enjoyed a healthy boost all-around. Over on Fox, the series premiere of animated sitcom Grimsburg (0.57) did not impress despite having NFL help on its side. Krapopolis (0.32, -0.50) took away enough aid at 8:30 to beat out its uninflated showings from the fall, but the boost was almost completely gone by the time Bob's Burgers (0.27, -0.19) and the season four premiere of The Great North (0.22) came on. For The Great North, this premiere rating was only slightly higher than its 2023 finale (0.17) that aired in deep spring. America's Funniest Home Videos (0.35, +0.08) was up markedly when compared to its last original, but Solo: A Star Wars Story (0.13) completely bombed for its first ABC broadcast. NBC's Bills v. Dolphins NFL game (5.11) was six-tenths higher than the week-ago Packers v. Vikings game (4.49). The CW went with a showing of 2001 film The Wedding Planner (0.07) and a rerun of The Conners (0.04).

Finals Update: NFL Overrun on CBS (+2.0) and Fox (+2.7), The NFL Today (+0.3), The 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards (+0.4), Grimsburg (+0.2), The OT (+0.8), Bob's Burgers (+0.1), and NFL: Bills v. Dolphins (+1.0) adjusted up. Football Night in America (-0.6) adjusted down.

Jess’s Take - Not Caring About the 20-21 TV Season, Watching Some Anime, and Golden Globes Networkless

Hello peoples, Jessica here. It's been a while since I have written a piece on here. First of all, moderating Discord platforms can be pretty addicting. Plus, I am heading off to law school in the fall. Don't worry, I'm still here. And there's still TV to talk about.  

1. Why the 2020-21 TV Season is Boring Me Out

Sure, you got Walker on the CW plus a few bright spots, but is television worth talking about when everything seems to go fractional? The television landscape in general has been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to the point where we've lost our sense of normalcy. Without that sense of normalcy, one tends to tune out from the television and try new things. 

2. Anime

Speaking of new things, time for me to make my first impression on an anime I've been seeing this season. There's one show I'm watching called The Saint's Power is Omnipotent. It looks to be a promising action anime, so I'll be watching more of it and give my take on it. 

3. Golden Globes Networkless

Speaking of Golden Globes, NBC decided not to air the awards next year, citing "lack of diversity" in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. This led to a lot of protests among celebrities including Tom Cruise threatening to give back all his Globes. But there's something NBC is not telling you - ratings have dropped 68% from the year before. You'll find the ratings report for that somewhere. But nonetheless, Golden Globes are pretty networkless at the moment. 

And that concludes Jess's Take. Let me know what you think in the comments below! 

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