Football, 'Brother' large Sunday

NBC's 'Sunday Evening Football' preseason game between Dallas and North Park nabbed 9.six million audiences overall. The very first preseason ''Sunday Evening Football'' bet on summer time lifted NBC to some rankings victory on Sunday evening, but CBS had reason to smile too as ''Big Brother'' hit another season high.Based on preliminary, affiliated-based national estimations from Nielsen, ''Big Brother'' averaged a 3.3 rating/10 be part of grown ups 18-49 and 8.8 million audiences overall, up about 20% week to week for that show's best amounts on any evening inside a couple of years. Also for that internet, ''60 Minutes'' started things off (1.4/5 in 18-49, 8.5 million audiences overall) and repeats of ''The Good Wife'' (1./3 in 18-49, 4.two million audiences overall) closed the evening (1.2/3 in 18-49, 5.two million audiences overall).At NBC, the ''Sunday Evening Football'' game between Dallas and North Park averaged a 3.3/9 in 18-49 and 9.six million audiences overall from 8 to 11 p.m., with one of these amounts likely to rise some within the excellent because of time-zone variations for live sports. Last year's comparable game (Minnesota-Bay Area) did a 3. rating in 18-49.ABC broadcast repeats of ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' (1.2/4 in 18-49, 5.two million audiences overall) and ''Extreme Transformation: Home Edition'' (1.1/3 in 18-49, 4.7 million audiences overall), then the premiere of ''20/20: The Sixth Sense'' (1.4/4 in 18-49, 5.9 million audiences overall), a repackaging of ''20/20'' segments from the past few years the ABC News show is scheduled to air on three more Sundays within the the following month.And Fox opted for repeats of animated comedies ''American Dad'' (.8/3 in 18-49, 1.7 million audiences overall), ''Bob's Burgers'' (1./3 in 18-49, 2.a million audiences overall), ''The Simpsons'' (1.2/4 in 18-49, 2.six million audiences overall), ''Family Guy'' (1.2/3 in 18-49, 2.six million audiences overall) and ''The Cleveland Show'' (1.7/5 in 18-49, 3.8 million audiences overall), then the 2nd week of sketch comedy series ''In the Flow with Affion Crockett'' (1.2/3 in 18-49, 2.5 million audiences overall), that was consistent with its premiere performance.Preliminary 18-49 earnings for that evening: NBC, 2.9/8 CBS, 1.7/5 ABC, 1.3/4 Fox, 1.2/3.As a whole audiences: NBC, 8.9 million CBS, 6.7 million ABC, 5.4 million Fox, 2.six million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com