The Breakdown: Fox Sunday in 2018-19 (The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, Family Guy and more!)

It's time for a journey through the Fox Sunday schedule in 2018-19...

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 1/13/19

FINALS UPDATE: NFL Overrun 7:30 (10.1, +0.7) adjusted up while The Simpsons (3.2, -0.6), Bob's Burgers (2.1), Family Guy (1.7) and Rel (1.0) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Fox had postseason NFL (10.7/9.4) running slightly into the 8:00 hour, so there may be some downward adjustments for The Simpsons (3.8), Bob's Burgers (2.2), Family Guy (1.8) and Rel (1.1). We'll see if the comedies can match or beat last year's ratings on the year-ago evening (3.3/2.1/1.8/1.2).

• With no Golden Globes competition, it was a breakout night for America's Funniest Home Videos (1.3) and Shark Tank (1.1) on ABC, as both built significantly on last week's already season high levels.

• The CBS dramas (0.9/0.9/0.6) all matched last week, while the CW did well by its standards with the Critics Choice Awards (0.2/0.4/0.4).

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 1/6/19

FINALS UPDATE: Golden Globe Awards (5.2, +0.7) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Sunday event season began with NBC getting two events in one night: an NFL playoff game (with a preliminary 11.2 in the 7:00 hour) leading directly into the Golden Globe Awards (5.8/4.3/3.3). Despite a ton of erosion during the broadcast, that would average out to an increase vs. last year's 4.2 prelim, which later adjusted up to 5.0.

• The rest of the big four brought back their regular lineups, with ABC sending America's Funniest Home Videos (0.9) originals back to the 8/7c hour to lead into Shark Tank (0.9). It was a nice reunion, as AFHV tied its season high while Shark Tank set a new one, though they were still way off of their best days together a year ago.

• CBS had dramas God Friended Me (0.9), NCIS: Los Angeles (0.9) and Madam Secretary (0.6); it was one of GFM's better recent showings without an NFL boost. And Fox was at relatively typical non-NFL levels with The Simpsons (0.9), Bob's Burgers (0.9), Family Guy (1.0) and Rel (0.5).

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 12/9/18

FINALS UPDATE: Sunday Night Football (5.9, +0.6) and The Flash (0.7) adjusted up while Football Night in America p2 (0.5, -1.2) and Football Night in America p3 (2.3, -2.1) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• With a big Dallas Cowboys game in the late afternoon that stretched into the 7:30 half-hour, Fox got an even bigger NFL boost than usual for The Simpsons (2.8), Bob's Burgers (1.8), Family Guy (1.5) and Rel (0.8). The NFL also had a good night on NBC, where Sunday Night Football (5.4/5.5/5.1) should uptick back to 6.0ish after finals.

• CBS' God Friended Me (0.8), NCIS: Los Angeles (0.9) and Madam Secretary (0.6) aired without the NFL lead-in, and looked similar to the same situation three weeks ago (LA a little better). ABC's Dancing with the Stars: Juniors (0.6) couldn't pick up any steam on finale night, and Shark Tank (0.7) was also even.

• The CW began a three-night superhero crossover with The Flash (0.6) taking a turn on Sunday. It was toward the low end ratings-wise by Flash standards, but better than anything Supergirl has done on the night this season. With a new lead-in, Charmed remained at 0.3.

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 12/2/18

FINALS UPDATE: Sunday Night Football (5.4, +0.6) and The OT (3.1, +0.5) adjusted up while 60 Minutes (1.1, -0.2), Garth: Live at Notre Dame! (1.2), NCIS: Los Angeles (R) (0.5), Football Night in America p2 (1.3, -0.6), Football Night in America p3 (2.4, -1.6) and NFL Overrun (4.5) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Without the national NFL lead-in, CBS sat out its dramas and got a strong showing from a two-hour Garth Brooks special (1.3/1.2). With the late afternoon NFL help, Fox's comedies (1.6/1.2/1.2/0.6) looked quite similar to their last eps with the big lead-in two weeks ago.

• ABC took over the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (0.9) after a long run on CBS, putting it on Sunday at 10/9c. The result was another 40% year-to-year decline for a special that has already been on a sharp downturn. (It got a 3.4 just four years ago!) Earlier in the night, America's Funniest Home Videos (0.8) inched down, while Dancing with the Stars: Juniors (0.6) and Shark Tank (0.7) were even.

• NBC was a little lower than usual with Sunday Night Football (5.0/5.0/4.6), while the CW was on the upswing with Supergirl (0.4) and Charmed (0.3).

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 11/18/18

FINALS UPDATE: Sunday Night Football (5.8, +0.5) adjusted up while Football Night in America p2 (1.4, -0.5) and Football Night in America p3 (2.6, -1.6) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers to come.

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 11/11/18

FINALS UPDATE: Sunday Night Football (6.5, +0.6) and Family Guy (1.1) adjusted up while 60 Minutes (2.0, -0.4), God Friended Me (1.0), Football Night in America p2 (1.7, -0.6), Football Night in America p3 (3.2, -1.6) and The Simpsons (0.9) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• With The Alec Baldwin Show finally gone on ABC, the net gave the last two hours of the night to Robin Roberts specials on Michelle Obama (0.7) and country music (0.4), making for a block that didn't look too different from Shark Tank and Alec. They had a rough lead-in from Dancing with the Stars: Juniors (0.6), which fell to a new low at 8/7c.

• The NFL was back on CBS to boost 60 Minutes (2.4), God Friended Me (1.1) and NCIS: Los Angeles (0.8), though all could adjust down a bit since they started 10 minutes after the listed times. Without the NFL, Fox's animation (1.0/1.0/1.0) managed to stay out of fractional territory, but Rel fell back to a 0.5. And Sunday Night Football (5.7/6.1/5.7) was down from last week's highs but still a little better than usual. Supergirl inched down to 0.3 on the CW.

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 11/4/18

FINALS UPDATE: Sunday Night Football (7.4, +0.7) adjusted up while 60 Minutes (1.1), Madam Secretary (0.5), Football Night in America p2 (1.4, -0.9), Football Night in America p3 (3.4, -2.0), NFL Overrun (5.5, -0.3) and The OT (3.8, -0.2) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• ABC handed 8:00-10:00 over to a two-hour Mickey Mouse anniversary special (1.0) and considerably improved its ratings in that period. But it was no help at all to The Alec Baldwin Show, which made it four weeks in a row at 0.3.

• It was a huge week for the NFL, as Sunday Night Football (6.7ish) should adjust up close to season-high levels, while a big late afternoon lead-in on Fox boosted The Simpsons (1.9), Bob's Burgers (1.3) and Family Guy (1.1) to at or near season highs of their own.

• CBS saw God Friended Me (0.8) and NCIS: Los Angeles (0.7) swap ratings; the former seemingly got more help from local market NFL this week, as the 7:00 hour averaged a preliminary 1.2. The CW was even with Supergirl (0.4) and Charmed (0.3).

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 10/21/18

FINALS UPDATE: Sunday Night Football (5.1, +0.5), The Simpsons (1.3) and Bob's Burgers (1.3) adjusted up while The Alec Baldwin Show (0.3), 60 Minutes (2.3, -0.4), God Friended Me (1.2), Madam Secretary (0.6), Football Night in America p2 (1.6, -0.3), Football Night in America p3 (2.7, -1.0) and The Simpsons (R) (0.8, -0.3) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• CBS got a second straight national NFL lead-in, but this one looks much bigger than last week's and extended into the 7:30 half hour. 60 Minutes (2.7), God Friended Me (1.3), NCIS: Los Angeles (1.1/1.0) and Madam Secretary (0.7) may be subject to minor downward adjustment since they started about 7 minutes after their listed times.

• Even without the NFL lead-in, Fox also fared a lot better than last week, as is typical on Treehouse of Horror week for The Simpsons (1.2). But Bob's Burgers (1.2) and Family Guy (1.1) managed to get as much or more of a boost than Simpsons itself, though not much of the heat extended to Rel (0.6) at 9:30.

• Week two for the CW's return to Sunday drama programming saw Supergirl (0.4) and Charmed (0.4) both inch down from last week's premieres. Stay tuned for the un-roundeds, but the shows were down in the low-to-mid teens percentage-wise in total viewers.

• And ABC continued trying to crawl out of oblivion with Dancing with the Stars: Juniors (0.8) matching last week's final (which adjusted up from a prelim 0.7) and Shark Tank (0.8) on the uptick for a second straight week at 9/8c. With Kim Kardashian as the guest, The Alec Baldwin Show could only tie last week's preliminary 0.4 and will hope to avoid a downward adjustment this time.

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 10/14/18

FINALS UPDATE: Dancing with the Stars: Juniors (0.8), 60 Minutes (1.9), NCIS: Los Angeles (1.0), Sunday Night Football (7.0, +1.0) and Family Guy (0.9) adjusted up while The Alec Baldwin Show (0.3), NFL Overrun (3.5), God Friended Me (1.0), Football Night in America p2 (2.0, -0.6), Football Night in America p3 (3.1, -1.9) and The Simpsons (R) (0.5, -0.5) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• The CW made its return to regular Sunday night programming with veteran Supergirl (0.5) leading into the series premiere of the Charmed reboot (0.5), back on the night where the original series aired the second half of its run on the WB. Charmed doesn't look like a game-changer for the network's ratings landscape, but if the goal of the game to get renewed, a CBS-produced series starting at 0.5 should have a good chance.

• ABC finished out its all-unscripted Sunday lineup with a terrible start for The Alec Baldwin Show (0.4) at 10/9c, unable to even match last year's 0.5 start in the slot for Ten Days in the Valley. The rest of the night held up OK for ABC; Shark Tank (0.7) inched up in a return to the 9/8c hour, Dancing with the Stars: Juniors (0.7) matched last week's premiere, and America's Funniest Home Videos (0.9) got a nice bounce in the 7/6c hour (probably benefiting from an early end to the CBS NFL coverage).

• Speaking of CBS, with that early end to the NFL 60 Minutes (2.1/1.6) was down from two weeks ago despite a Donald Trump interview. God Friended Me (1.1) was up from last week at 8/7c and down two tenths from its NFL night premiere two weeks ago, continuing to stay close to the Wisdom of the Crowd raw numbers track. NCIS: Los Angeles (0.9) also edged up.

• It was a brutal night on Fox; The Simpsons (1.0), Bob's Burgers (0.9) and Family Guy (0.8) all looked way worse than either of the first two weeks, while Rel took the I Feel Bad route and fell all the way to a horrific 0.5 at 9:30. That came against what looks like a huge game for the NFL on NBC; Chiefs/Patriots prelims are up about 10% from last week and about 20% from the year-ago evening.

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 10/7/18

FINALS UPDATE: Sunday Night Football (6.0, +0.4), The OT (3.6, +0.3) and Bob's Burgers (1.3) adjusted up while Football Night in America p2 (1.3, -0.6), Football Night in America p3 (2.8, -1.6) and Family Guy (1.1) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• ABC's big fall 2018 bet on Dancing with the Stars continued to bust, as the two-hour premiere of spin-off Dancing with the Stars: Juniors (0.7) rounded out six fractional hours for the franchise this week. The carnage continued around it as well, as America's Funniest Home Videos (0.7) inched down from last week's premiere while Shark Tank (0.6) returned from almost eight months off with a new series low at 10/9c.

• On CBS, God Friended Me (0.9) had its first 8/7c airing without help from a national NFL lead-in. It was down four tenths from last week, and one tenth below last year's episode #2 of Wisdom of the Crowd, though unlike Wisdom it did do a bit better than its lead-out NCIS: Los Angeles (0.8). LA and the return of Madam Secretary (0.6) were each down two tenths year-to-year.

• Fox got its first national NFL lead-in of the year, boosting The Simpsons (1.8) and Bob's Burgers (1.2) vs. last week's premieres. Family Guy (1.2) was even, and Rel (0.7) lost a tenth at 9:30.

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 9/30/18

FINALS UPDATE: Sunday Night Football (6.1, +0.6) adjusted up while NFL Overrun (4.0, -0.3), 60 Minutes (2.2, -0.4), God Friended Me (1.3), Magnum P.I. (R) (0.7), Football Night in America p2 (1.2, -0.7), Football Night in America p3 (2.5, -1.7), The Simpsons (R) (0.5, -1.2), Bob's Burgers (R) (0.7, -1.2), The Simpsons (1.4, -0.4) and Bob's Burgers (1.1) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• CBS premiered new drama God Friended Me (1.5/1.3) at 8:43 ET after its late afternoon national NFL window and 60 Minutes (3.1/2.0). The current prelims are for the 8:30-9:30 period, which means it will probably adjust down in finals; it should end up even with or maybe a tenth below last year's Wisdom of the Crowd premiere (1.3), including a lot more total viewers. Starting at 9:43 was the return of NCIS: Los Angeles (1.2/1.0); if it doesn't adjust down, it would be down two tenths from last season's premiere.

• Fox's Premiere Sunday is also more complicated than usual by NFL overrun, as one of its local late afternoon NFL games ran much longer than usual (into the 8:00 hour). That means The Simpsons (1.8) is probably gonna come down a good bit in finals, but the rest of the night including Bob's Burgers (1.2), Family Guy (1.2) and the timeslot premiere of Rel (0.8) should not move much.

• ABC took yet another pass during premiere week, bringing back only America's Funniest Home Videos (0.8) alongside theatrical Frozen (0.6) and a repeat of Shark Tank (0.5). NBC (5.6/5.8/5.1) was up year-to-year with Sunday Night Football at least in the prelims.

SpotVault - Rel (Fox) - Fall 2018 Ratings

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 9/9/18

FINALS UPDATE: Big Brother (1.6), Sunday Night Football (7.5, +0.9) and Rel (1.9, +0.2) adjusted up while 60 Minutes (R) (0.8), Hawaii Five-0 (R) (0.4), Football Night in America p2 (1.2, -1.2), Football Night in America p3 (3.4, -2.2), NFL Overrun (5.6), The OT (4.2, -0.2) and Family Guy (R) (0.6) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Fox got off to an early start with its 2018-19 entertainment slate, using its first late afternoon NFL lead-in (with a 4.4 rating in the 7:30 half-hour) to preview upcoming sitcom Rel (1.7); it'll return in its regular 9:30/8:30c slot in three weeks. This looks to be down quite a bit from last year's preview of The Orville, which had a 2.3 prelim for the full 8:00 hour, including a 2.6 in the 8:00 half-hour, leading out of an even lower preliminary 7:30 NFL rating (4.2).

• NBC had its first Sunday night NFL game of the season, averaging a preliminary 6.6ish from 8:30 to 11:00. That's down in the 15-20% range from last year's opening Sunday, which had an 8.0 prelim (later adjusting up to 9.1).

•  And ABC saw a severe year-to-year decline from the Miss America Competition (0.7). It was down four tenths vs. last year's 1.1.