The World’s Best Premiere Ratings Lower Than Last Year’s ‘This is Us’

The World’s Best ratings were lower than last season’s This is Us for NBC. But that show was already super popular and promised a big plot reveal (Jack’s death). So, the numbers all told, are not too shabby. However, I expect downward adjustments for World’s Best when the final numbers come in. For instance, in the Boston market, the post game stuff was preempted and moved to a CBS owned independent channel to make way for local coverage of the big win.

Via TVByTheNumbers

Super Bowl LIII predictably dominated the Sunday primetime ratings this week, but did suffer a noticeable year-to-year hit. In the night’s preliminary adults 18-49 ratings, the Patriots vs. Rams game averaged a 27.9 with 87.72 million viewers, down from the early 30.9 rating and 103.40 million viewers that last year’s Super Bowl game scored on NBC. Last year’s game eventually adjusted to a 33.4 final rating in the demo with 103.39 million viewers.

Meanwhile, CBS’ post-Super Bowl broadcast of “The World’s Best” series premiere grabbed an early 8.6 with 26.24 million viewers in adults 18-49 from 10:30-11 p.m., landing lower than the 9.3 and 26.97 million viewers that NBC’s postgame “This is Us” broadcast scored in the same time slot last year.

According to The Wrap Super Bowl XLIII in 2009 was the last time the game averaged fewer than 100 million viewers.

7 p.m.

Super Bowl LIII (CBS) (6:30-10 p.m.) 27.9/71 87.72
America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC) – R 0.3/1 2.19
America’s Got Talent (NBC) (7-9 p.m.) – R 0.3/1 1.65
The Simpsons (FOX) – R 0.2/1 0.65

7:30 p.m.

Bob’s Burgers (FOX) – R 0.2/1 0.66

8 p.m.

America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC) – R 0.3/1 2.09
The Simpsons (FOX) – R 0.3/1 0.91
Supergirl (The CW) – R 0.1/0 0.41

8:30 p.m.

Bob’s Burgers (FOX) – R 0.3/1 0.73

9 p.m.

America’s Got Talent (NBC) (9-11 p.m.) – R 0.3/1 1.97
Family Guy (FOX) – R 0.3/1 0.85
Shark Tank (ABC) – R 0.2/1 1.27
Charmed (The CW) – R 0.1/0 0.29

9:30 p.m.

The Cool Kids (FOX) – R 0.2/1 0.70

10 p.m.

Super Bowl LIII Postgame (CBS) 19.0/58 56.69
Shark Tank (ABC) – R 0.4/2 1.88

10:30 p.m.

The World’s Best (CBS) – P 8.6/34 26.24

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