NBC Wins First Week of Fall TV Season, Fueled by Football and #OneChicago

Kicking off the Fall TV season, NBC won Premiere Week (Sept. 23-29) in both total viewers (averaging 6.2 million) and in the 18-49 demo, ahead of CBS’ full-force return with originals in mid-October.

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NBC notes that was the sixth year in a row that the network has won Premiere Week in total viewers, and the 13th in a row it claimed the demo win.

Even subtracting out NBC Sunday Night Football , NBC was No. 1 for Premiere Week with entertainment programming only.

Among all programming, Sunday Night Football dominated Premiere Week with 20 million viewers (in Live+Same Day).

In entertainment programing only, NBC had six of the Top 10 shows in total viewers. The Voice (with 6 million viewers) trailed only CBS’ 60 Minutes , and was followed by Chicago Fire (5.6 million), America’s Got Talent (5.5 mil) and Chicago Med (5.5 mil). ABC claimed No. 6 and No. 7 with Dancing With the Stars (4.9 mil) and 9-1-1 (4.8 mil), and CBS’ Survivor ranked eighth. NBC then filled the last two spots in the Top 10 with Chicago P.D. (4.3 mil) and and America’s Got Talent special (4.3 mil).

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Three freshman shows just barely got boxed out of Premiere Week’s Top 10: ABC’s Doctor Odyssey (4.1 mil), NBC’s Brilliant Minds (3.9 mil) and ABC’s High Potential (3.7 mil).

Thus far this season, CBS has only premiered 60 Minutes , Matlock (on a special night), 48 Hours and The Summit (on as special night). Scripted stalwarts such as NCIS , #TheFBIs, Fire Country , Ghosts , Elsbeth and Blue Bloods won’t launch their new seasons until the week of Oct. 14.

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