Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Potent ‘Idol’

ABC won the Sunday ratings battle, posting a 1.2 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. Next were CBS and Fox at 0.7/3.

ABC had America’s Funniest Home Videos down 17% to 1.0, then American Idol up 15% to 1.5. Deception closed out prime down 14% at 0.6.

On CBS, 60 Minutes fell 36% to 0.7 and Instinct slipped 33% to 0.6 from its last airing two weeks before. NCIS: Los Angeles dropped 11% to 0.8 and Madam Secretary was a flat 0.6.

On Fox, it was Bob’s Burgers at a flat 0.8 and The Simpsons down 10% to 0.9. Brooklyn Nine-Nine did a 0.8 and Family Guy a 0.9, then The Last Man on Earth a 0.6, all three shows flat with last week.

NBC was at 0.6/2. Dateline scored a flat 0.6 and Little Big Shots was up 14% to 0.8. Genius Junior was down 14% to 0.6 and Timeless was a level 0.5.

Univision rated a 0.4/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/1.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.