Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Rebounding ‘Idol’

ABC had the winning score in Sunday prime, with American Idol leading the net to a 0.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. In second was CBS at 0.6/3.

ABC reran special Disney Family Singalong, before two hours of American Idol shot up 25% to 1.0. The Rookie posted a flat 0.7.

CBS had 60 Minutes at a flat 0.9 and two hours of God Friended Me at 0.6 and 0.5, concluding the series. God got a 0.5 last week. NCIS: Los Angeles posted a flat 0.6.

Fox and NBC both got a 0.4/2. Fox had The Simpsons at 0.5 and Duncanville at 0.4, both flat. Bob’s Burgers got a 0.5 and Family Guy a 0.6, those two flat too.

NBC had Little Big Shots at 0.3 and The Wall at 0.4, both down a tenth. Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and Good Girls both lost a tenth too, for a 0.3 apiece.

Univision scored a 0.3/1 and Telemundo a 0.2/1. Aqui y Ahora got a flat 0.3 on Univision and led into film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Sal y Pimenta lost 33% for a 0.2.

Telemundo had American Ninja Warrior and movie Precious Cargo.

The CW got a 0.1/1. Batwoman got a level 0.2 and a Supergirl repeat followed. 

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.