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2006-2026
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Professional football games (NFL) played on Sunday nights.

2006-2026
21 seasons
NFL+
Sports

Professional football games (NFL) played on Sunday nights.

NFL Announces 2020 Schedule and Return Date

Sports are back! Maybe?

Fri, May 8, 2020

NFL Announces 2020 Schedule and Return Date

NBC's Fall Schedule: Find Out When This Is Us, The Voice Airs

The Blacklist and Blindspot are also on the move

Sun, May 14, 2017

NBC's Fall Schedule: Find Out When This Is Us, The Voice Airs

The Walking Dead Premiere Breaks Ratings Record

In unsurprising news, a whole bunch of people watched The Walking Dead premiere Sunday evening. The American people love zombies so much that 17.3 million viewers tuned in to watch Rick, Daryl, and the rest of our heroes take on the horrific folks of Terminus. More importantly, 11 million of those people were in the coveted adult 18-49 demographic!

Mon, Oct 13, 2014

The Walking Dead Premiere Breaks Ratings Record

Ratings: Once, Family Guy Return Strong; Madam Secretary Falls

You really can't let it go.Once Upon a Time's Frozen-fied Season 4 returned to 9.4 million viewers and a 3.4 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic Sunday, up ...

Mon, Sep 29, 2014

Ratings: Once, Family Guy Return Strong; Madam Secretary Falls

Ratings: Madam Secretary Has Good Debut, But What About Good Wife?

Madam Secretary got off to a decent start Sunday.Buoyed by an NFL overrun, the new Tea Leoni drama bowed to 14.2 million viewers and a 1.9 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, making it ...

Mon, Sep 22, 2014

Ratings: Madam Secretary Has Good Debut, But What About Good Wife?

NFL Preview: Can the Seattle Seahawks Repeat as Super Bowl Champions?

The National Football League's orbit has expanded so astronomically that it will elbow The Big Bang Theory from Thursday to Monday for several weeks this fall. Thursday Night Football premieres Sept. 11 on CBS with its lead broadcast team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms. The games will be simulcast on the NFL Network, which takes over the Thursday package at midseason with Nantz and Simms still in the booth.

Thu, Sep 4, 2014

NFL Preview: Can the Seattle Seahawks Repeat as Super Bowl Champions?

Upfronts: NBC's 2014-15 Fall Schedule

Below you can find NBC's new fall schedule, along with a list of pilots the network has picked up to series for the 2014-15 season. Click here for ABC, CBS, Fox and The CW.

Tue, May 6, 2014

Ratings: Once Grows; Amazing Race Finale Down

Once Upon a Time improved from its series low last week.The ABC drama drew 6.9 million viewers and a 2.2 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic Sunday, up three tenths from last week.Revenge (6 million, 1.5) returned flat with its last ...

Mon, Dec 9, 2013

Ratings: Once Grows; Amazing Race Finale Down

Ratings: Once Flat at Series Low; Sunday Night Football On Top

Once Upon a Time held steady at a series low on Sunday.The ABC drama drew 6.6 million viewers and a 1.9 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, matching its last performance two weeks ago. Hallmark Hall of Fame's latest film Christmas in Conway followed with 6.5 million and a 1.1.Our favorite TV and movie robotsNBC won the night with Sunday Night Football (15.5 million, 5.4).Each following ...

Mon, Dec 2, 2013

Ratings: Once Flat at Series Low; Sunday Night Football On Top

Ratings: AMAs Soar to Four-Year High; Mentalist Rises

The American Music Awards hit a four-year high Sunday, while The Mentalist rose for its much-anticipated Red John conclusion.The AMAs drew 12.9 million viewers and a 4.5 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, surging 32 percent over last year's show. It was the night's highest-rated program ...

Mon, Nov 25, 2013

Ratings: AMAs Soar to Four-Year High; Mentalist Rises

Ratings: Almost Human Has Solid Debut; Once Hits Series Low

Almost Human got off to a strong start Sunday.Benefiting from a football lead-in, the sci-fi drama drew 9.1 million viewers and a 3.1 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, making it the top-rated series of the night and Fox's second-best debut this season after Sleepy Hollow. Lead-outs The Simpsons (4.1 million, 1.8) and Family Guy (4.3 million, 2.2) were flat ...

Mon, Nov 18, 2013

Ratings: Almost Human Has Solid Debut; Once Hits Series Low

Ratings: Once, Revenge, Betrayal Hit Lows

After improvements last week, ABC's whole lineup hit lows on Sunday.Once Upon a Time opened the night with 6.6 million viewers and a 2.1 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, down two tenths to match a season low. Revenge (5.5 million, 1.4) and Betrayal (3.3 million, 0.8) both plunged approximately 20 percent to all-time lows.The best and worst TV rebootsNBC won the night ...

Mon, Nov 11, 2013

Ratings: Once, Revenge, Betrayal Hit Lows

Ratings: Once, Revenge, Betrayal Up; Good Wife Matches Season High

ABC saw growth across the board Sunday.After a season low last week, Revenge nabbed 6.3 million viewers and a 1.7 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, up three tenths. Once Upon a Time (7.5 million, 2.3) and Betrayal (3.4 million, 1.0) each ...

Mon, Nov 4, 2013

Ratings: Once, Revenge, Betrayal Up; Good Wife Matches Season High

Ratings: Once Upon a Time Falls; Good Wife Grows

Once Upon a Time took the biggest hit against football Sunday.The ABC drama drew 7 million viewers and a 2.0 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, dropping four tenths to tie its series low. Revenge (6.1 million, 1.5) also dipped ...

Mon, Oct 21, 2013

Ratings: Once Upon a Time Falls; Good Wife Grows

The Weekend Playlist: Dead Popular, 40 Years of Great Performances

Is "I've Got You Under My Skin" the most appropriate sweet nothing to croon in the skin-crawling world of AMC's The Walking Dead? No matter, because there's not much of a lull in Sunday's powerful episode (9/8c), ominously titled "Infected." Which suggests the virus that felled Nerd Boy last week creates a bloody panic in the cell block, reminding us how illusory any notion of safety can be. "I haven't seen anybody be lucky in a long time," former Army medic Bob Stookey (new regular Lawrence Gilliard Jr.) observes as a full gamut of courage, terror and anguish is displayed during and after the latest crisis. Earning special bonus stripes this week: Melissa McBride as the awesome Carol, who takes a few distraught girls under her wing, but not to coddle them: "You want to live, you have to become strong" is her mantra. Meanwhile, the walkers keep pressing up against the prison gates and the audience can't get enough of the riveting mayhem, as evidenced by the record numbers who turned out for last Sunday's premiere.

Fri, Oct 18, 2013

The Weekend Playlist: Dead Popular, 40 Years of Great Performances

Ratings: Betrayal, Revenge Slide; Football, Simpsons on Top

Betrayal might be next on the TV chopping block. The ABC drama, which already bowed to soft numbers last week, tumbled 27 percent to 4 million viewers and a 1.1 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic Sunday. ABC, which canceled Lucky 7 on Friday, also had ...

Mon, Oct 7, 2013

Ratings: Betrayal, Revenge Slide; Football, Simpsons on Top

Ratings: Once, Revenge, Good Wife Return Down; Betrayal Bombs

Betrayal got off to a rough start on a low night all around.The infidelity drama debuted Sunday to 5.3 million viewers and a 1.5 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, down six tenths from 666 Park Avenue's premiere last year. Lead-ins Once Upon a Time (8.5 million, 2.6) and Revenge (8.04 million, 2.5) returned down ...

Mon, Sep 30, 2013

Ratings: Once, Revenge, Good Wife Return Down; Betrayal Bombs

Ratings: Emmys Post Highest Ratings in Seven Years, Dexter Ends on High Note

Sunday's 65th Primetime Emmy Awards is on track to hit a seven-year high. Emmys: Check out the fashion hits and missesThe Neil Patrick Harris-hosted telecast, which clocked in at three hours and 15 minutes, averaged ...

Mon, Sep 23, 2013

Ratings: Emmys Post Highest Ratings in Seven Years, Dexter Ends on High Note

TV's Top Analysts Preview the 2013 NFL Season

Are the Ravens still Super? Can the 49ers' new hero strike gridiron gold? As the new season begins, we tackle football's biggest burning questions.

Thu, Sep 5, 2013

TV's Top Analysts Preview the 2013 NFL Season

NBC's Fall 2013 Schedule: Revolution Moves to Wednesdays, Parenthood to Thursdays

NBC announced its new fall schedule Sunday, and major changes include moving Revolution to Wednesday nights and Parenthood to Thursdays.

Sun, May 12, 2013

NBC's Fall 2013 Schedule: Revolution Moves to Wednesdays, Parenthood to Thursdays

NBC Boss on Big Fall, Revolution's Hiatus, and Revamping Up All Night and Smash

"What a difference a year makes," NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt said during his opening remarks at the Television Critics Association winter previews Sunday.Of course, he was referring to NBC's huge comeback this fall. On the strength of Sunday Night Football, a fall cycle of The Voice and new drama hit Revolution, NBC ended the fall as the No. 1 broadcast network. In fact, Greenblatt said the network was up 24 percent in the adults-18-to-49 demographic and 19 percent in total viewers; NBC was also the only network to improve in both measures this fall.

Sun, Jan 6, 2013

NBC Boss on Big Fall, Revolution's Hiatus, and Revamping Up All Night and Smash

Ratings: Amazing Race Finale Ties Low

The Amazing Race's shocking finale Sunday did nothing to boosts its numbers.Season 21's two-hour closer averaged 9.3 million viewers and a 2.6 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic to tie last season as the show's ...

Mon, Dec 10, 2012

Ratings: Revenge Rises; Once Stays Even

ABC's Sundays shows closed out their fall runs on a good note.Fall TV Report Card: How's the new class doing?Once Upon a Time held steady with 9.1 million viewers and a 3.1 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic ...

Mon, Dec 3, 2012

Bob Costas Calls for Increased Gun Control After Jovan Belcher Murder-Suicide

It was anything but a typical halftime report on Sunday Night Football this week, one day after a Kansas City Chiefs linebacker killed his girlfriend and then shot himself in the head in front of two coaches and the team's general manager. During his Sunday Night Football halftime report, NBC commentator Bob Costas used the opportunity to advocate for increased gun control — and to seemingly criticize the team's decision to play over the weekend.

Mon, Dec 3, 2012

Bob Costas Calls for Increased Gun Control After Jovan Belcher Murder-Suicide

Ratings: Once Upon a Time Rebounds; Revenge Drops

Once Upon a Time bounced back Sunday from a series low two weeks ago.The ABC drama drew 8.8 million viewers and a 3.0 in the adults ...

Mon, Nov 26, 2012

Ratings: Once Upon a Time Rebounds; Revenge Drops

Ratings: NBC Wins First November Sweeps in Nine Years

The peacock network is ready to strut. NBC has come out on top of the ratings race this November, topping CBS, Fox and ABC during sweeps. This is the first time NBC has placed first in the ratings in nine years. Thanks, in part, to...

Tue, Nov 20, 2012

Ratings: NBC Wins First November Sweeps in Nine Years

Ratings: AMAs Fall to All-Time Low

It wasn't a very happy 40th for the American Music Awards.The three-hour ceremony hit an all-time low Sunday, nabbing 9.5 million viewers and a 3.4 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, down 21 percent from last year.Losties? Trekkies? Which TV show has the best fans? Vote now!NBC won the ...

Mon, Nov 19, 2012

Ratings: Once Upon a Time Falls to Series Low

After three straight weeks of improvement, Once Upon a Time plummeted to a series low on Sunday.The ABC drama fell 23 percent to 8.7 million viewers and a 2.7 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic. Lead-out Revenge (7.5 million, 2.4) dropped ...

Mon, Nov 12, 2012

Ratings: Once Upon a Time Falls to Series Low

Ratings: Once Upon a Time and The Mentalist Rise

Football and baseball dominated Sunday, but Once Upon a Time and The Mentalist both managed week-to-week gains.Once nabbed 9.7 million viewers and a 3.4 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, up a tenth, while The Mentalist's 100th episode grabbed ...

Mon, Oct 29, 2012

Ratings: Once Upon a Time and The Mentalist Rise

Ratings: ABC Dramas, The Good Wife Grow

ABC saw an across-the-board improvement Sunday, led by Once Upon a Time.The drama, which introduced Captain Hook Sunday, nabbed 9.7 million viewers and a 3.3 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, up three-tenths from last week. Revenge (8.6 million, 2.8) followed with an 8 percent climb and 666 Park Avenue showed the biggest improvement ...

Mon, Oct 22, 2012

Walking Dead Slays Ratings Records, Becomes Biggest Cable Drama Broadcast Ever

The Walking Dead's Season 3 premiere killed... the record for most-watched cable drama series telecast ever. The zombie series returned to AMC Sunday night at 9/8c to 10.9 million viewers and 7.3 million viewers in the adults ages 18-49 demographic. Those numbers represent a 50 percent and 52 percent rise, respectively, from...

Mon, Oct 15, 2012

Walking Dead Slays Ratings Records, Becomes Biggest Cable Drama Broadcast Ever

30 Rock Exclusive Sneak Peek: How Are Liz and Jack Tanking NBC?

Operation Tank NBC is in full force on 30 Rock, but it'll take more than just God Cop and Homonym to bring the Peacock down.A baby! A monkey! A sexual breakthrough! 10 spoilers for 30 Rock's final seasonSo what else do Liz (Tina Fey) and Jack (Alec Baldwin) have up their sleeves to force Hank Hooper (Ken Howard) to sell the network? In our exclusive first look at Thursday's episode (8/7c, NBC), the two ...

Mon, Oct 8, 2012

30 Rock Exclusive Sneak Peek: How Are Liz and Jack Tanking NBC?

Ratings: 666 Park Avenue Takes a Hit --- What Else Fell?

Looks like The Drake will be empty soon at this rate.ABC's supernatural drama 666 Park Avenue drew 5.1 million viewers and a 1.7 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic Sunday, shedding two million viewers and five-tenths from its soft premiere last week. ABC had a down night overall, as Once Upon a Time (11 million, 3.3) and Revenge (8.3 million, 2.6) also dipped several tenths.Vote: Which fall premieres won you over? Which flopped?NBC won the night with Sunday Night Football (16 million, 6.2).CBS' lineup was delayed 30 minutes because of ...

Mon, Oct 8, 2012

Ratings: 666 Park Avenue Takes a Hit --- What Else Fell?

Matt's Guide to Wednesday TV: Football, Dancing, Damages and Bogie-Bacall Magic

When the ratings for tonight's TV are tabulated on Thursday, there's little doubt what will top the charts — and it won't be the doings in Charlotte on the second night of the Democratic National Convention. (It won't be Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, either, for which civilization can breathe a sigh of relief.) One of TV's biggest draws returns with the official NFL Kickoff 2012 on NBC (coverage starts at 7:30/6:30c), with the opening game of the season a rematch of the Giants and Cowboys.

Wed, Sep 5, 2012

Matt's Guide to Wednesday TV: Football, Dancing, Damages and Bogie-Bacall Magic

Ratings: The Firm Sets An All-Time Low for an NBC Regular Season Drama

No terra firma for The Firm. Its two-hour debut stands on this shaky ground — 46 percent below the demo rating of The Cape's premiere a year ago, making it the worst all-time start of an NBC regular season drama. Quite telling: the show lost viewers with each succeeding half-hour. Surely, the network is missing Sunday Night Football already.

Mon, Jan 9, 2012

Ratings: The Firm Sets An All-Time Low for an NBC Regular Season Drama

Ratings: Football, Wonderful Life Most Popular over Christmas Weekend

On Christmas Eve and Christmas, people who squeezed in some television amidst all the opening of presents, eating and visiting the folks went with an old holiday standby and — what else? — football.

Tue, Dec 27, 2011

Ratings: Football, Wonderful Life Most Popular over Christmas Weekend

Super Bowl to Be Streamed Online for the First Time

If you somehow find yourself not in front of a TV on Super Bowl Sunday, have no fear: You still may be able to watch the game because it will be streamed online for the first time ever.Madonna to headline Super Bowl halftime showNBC will air the Super Bowl on Feb. 5, but the game will  also stream on NFL.com and NBCSports.com, the network announced Tuesday. Verizon users will be able to ...

Wed, Dec 21, 2011

Super Bowl to Be Streamed Online for the First Time

Ratings: AMAs Audience Up Slightly from Last Year

The 2011 American Music Awards entertained 12.04 million fans — a 3 percent increase over last year — and posted a 4.3 rating in the 18-to-49 demographic, according to preliminary Nielsen overnights.

Mon, Nov 21, 2011

Ratings: AMAs Audience Up Slightly from Last Year

Ratings: Once Upon a Time Holds Strong

It's not happily ever after just yet. Once Upon a Time, a consistent if not blockbuster performer for ABC, was down slightly for a second week in a row, to 11.37 million (compared with 11.64 million in Week 2 and 12.79 million for its debut) and a 3.7 demo rating. Amazing Race lured 9.98 million (2.6 demo rating, a season low).

Mon, Nov 7, 2011

Ratings: Allen Gregory Debuts Weakly

Allen Gregory looks like he just might be a snotnose whom people dislike. The latest entry in Fox's Animation Domination block debuted Sunday to modest 4.74 million viewers and a 2.4 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds at 8:30/7:30c, overnight Nielsen numbers showed.

Mon, Oct 31, 2011

Ratings: Once Upon a Time Gives ABC Its Best Scripted Series Debut in 2 Years

Once Upon a Time gave ABC its highest demo rating for a scripted series in a couple of years, entertaining 12.79 million people while posting a 3.9 among 18-to-49-year-olds, according to Nielsen data. That's the best rating in the industry-prized demo for the network since V, Cougar Town, FlashForward and Modern Family each hit or surpassed 4.0 in 2009.

Mon, Oct 24, 2011

Ratings: Once Upon a Time Gives ABC Its Best Scripted Series Debut in 2 Years

Networks Rethink the Ratings Game As DVR Usage Spreads

What a difference seven days makes. Many primetime shows are seeing their ratings skyrocket when a week's worth of DVR usage is included — and network execs are scrambling to figure out how to adjust to a time-shifting world.Now that DVR penetration has reached around 42% of viewers, it's having a real impact on viewership — and making the initial next-day ratings that everyone reports (which includes live viewing, plus only that night's DVR usage) increasingly irrelevant.For example, when season four of FX's Sons of Anarchy debuted September 6, it attracted 4.9 million viewers, a good number, but not a network record. By the time seven days of DVR usage was counted, that number had climbed ...

Thu, Oct 20, 2011

Networks Rethink the Ratings Game As DVR Usage Spreads

Ratings: Pan Am Down Again

Bunnies and angels and stewardesses, oh my! Pan Am continues its descent, proving that it has not been a good season for fake feminism.

Mon, Oct 17, 2011

Ratings: Pan Am Looks Like It Could Get Grounded

Might stewardesses follow Playboy Bunnies into cancellation? Pan Am kept losing altitude in Week 3, with just 6.42 million viewers aboard. That's down from 7.75 million viewers a week ago — and from 10.87 million when the ABC program took off. And among 18-to-49-year-olds, the rating has swooped down from 3.1 to 2.5 to 1.9, Nielsen overnights showed. That trajectory is not good. Preceding the 1960s drama about stewardesses at 9/8c, Desperate Housewives was down 10 percent, luring 8.46 million viewers and a 2.7 demo rating, which tied a series low (vs. last week's 9.03 million/2.9 demo rating).

Mon, Oct 10, 2011

Ratings: Pan Am Looks Like It Could Get Grounded

Ratings: Terra Nova Stands on Terra Firma; House in Good Condition

Terra Nova, which didn't exactly debut with dinosaur-sized (or even Dinah Shore-sized) numbers, still stood on terra firma with 8.31 million viewers, down about 8 percent from its debut, Nielsen overnight data shows. Fox's sci-fi thriller also matched its 3.1 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds for its premiere. 6 burning questions From House's Season 8 premiere The House Season 8 premiere that followed Terra Nova on Fox got 9.77 million people, posting a 3.9 in the advertiser-coveted age group — down just 9 percent and 7 percent from its fall 2010 start when it aired at 8/7c instead of 9/8c.

Tue, Oct 4, 2011

Ratings: Terra Nova Stands on Terra Firma; House in Good Condition

Ratings: Terra Nova Has Solid, But Not Monster-Sized Debut; Men Still Strong

Fox's Terra Nova opened to solid, though not monster-sized, numbers, scaring up 9 million viewers Monday, according to Nielsen overnight data. The sci-fi thriller — with effects that wowed various critics but left them wanting more from the script and characters — scored a 3.0 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds for its two-hour premiere, while Week 2 of Dancing with the Stars — Nancy Grace's nip slip and all — posted a 3.3 rating and reeled in 16.02 million fans. Head to head with those Fox and ABC shows, NBC's The Sing-Off sang to 4.39 million (1.7 rating).

Tue, Sep 27, 2011

Ratings: Terra Nova Has Solid, But Not Monster-Sized Debut; Men Still Strong

Emmy Ratings Fall, Sacked by Football

The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards on Fox averaged some 12.4 million TV fans, an 8 percent drop from last year when the show lured 13.5 million, according to overnight ratings data the Nielsen Co. released Monday.

Mon, Sep 19, 2011

Ratings: Sunday Night Football Sets Series Record

NBC is ecstatic that football is back. Sunday Night Football's season opener set a record as the series' highest-rated game ever, and scored the best ratings for a Week 1 tilt on a Sunday or Monday night in 15 years, preliminary Nielsen data showed.

Mon, Sep 12, 2011

Ratings: Sunday Night Football Sets Series Record

President Obama Agrees to Reschedule Jobs Speech to NFL Opening Day

President Barack Obama asked to address Congress on his promised jobs program on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 8 p.m., the same time as a scheduled Republican debate among presidential hopefuls. House Speaker John Boehner refused, and the president agreed to reschedule.

Wed, Aug 31, 2011

President Obama Agrees to Reschedule Jobs Speech to NFL Opening Day

NFL and Players End Labor Dispute

The most-watched event on American television no longer is in jeopardy. The National Football League and the players finally forged a deal after nearly five months of labor wrangling, both sides announced in a televised news conference Monday. So the Super Bowl — which this year was seen by 111 million viewers, making it the most-watched prime-time telecast in U.S. history — will be played Feb. 5 and televised by NBC, for which Sunday Night Football is a rare ratings winner.

Mon, Jul 25, 2011