TV Ratings Sunday, Sept. 25: ‘Big Brother’ Finale, ‘The Simpsons’

In the latest TV ratings, NBC’s Sunday Night Football this week averaged 13.2 million total viewers and a 3.7 demo rating, down a tick from last week’s early numbers.

Over on Fox, The Simpsons‘ NFL-boosted season premiere (4 mil/1.3) led all non-sports fare in the demo. The Great North returned to 2.1 mil.0.7, Bob’s Burgers did 1.6 mil/0.5 and Family Guy returned to 1.4 mil/0.4.

ABC’s Celebrity Jeopardy! debuted to 3.8 mil/0.4, followed by Celeb Wheel‘s 4 mil/0.4. The Rookie (3.3 mil/0.3, TVLine reader grade “A”; read post mortem) returned up in viewers vs. its previous average, but matched its demo low.

CBS’ Big Brother (3.9 mil/0.8, read recap) was down sharply from last summer’s finale, which aired on a Wednesday; 60 Minutes drew the night’s largest non-NFL audience: 6.7 million.

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