Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Powerful ‘Idol’
ABC had the winning score in Sunday prime ratings, with American Idol leading the Alphabets to a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat the 0.7/3 put up by CBS and Fox.
ABC had America’s Funniest Home Videos at a flat 1.1 and two hours of American Idol at a 1.3, down a tad from last week’s 1.3/1.4. A repeat of The Rookie followed.
CBS had 60 Minutes down 17% to 1.0 and God Friended Me at a flat 0.6. NCIS: Los Angeles fell 13% to 0.7, and NCIS: New Orleans grew 17% to 0.7
On Fox it was repeated comedies leading into the iHeartRadio Living Room Concert at 1.3.
NBC got a 0.5/2. Little Big Shots lost 50% for a 0.4 and The Wall dropped 17% to 0.5. Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist posted a 0.4 and Good Girls a 0.5, those two flat.
Univision got a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/2. Univision had Aqui y Ahora at a flat 0.5 and two hours of Pequenos Gigantes at 0.5 and 0.6, after last week’s 0.7 and 0.6. Sal Y Pimienta closed out prime at 0.3.
Telemundo had a Power Rangers movie, then two hours of La Voz at 0.4 and 0.3, mostly on par with last week’s 0.4.
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The CW got a 0.1/1 with reruns of Batwoman and Supergirl.
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.