Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Strong ‘Idol’

ABC took top honors in Sunday ratings, as American Idol paced the network to a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, and a 6 share. That easily beat the 0.7/3 that CBS and Fox both posted.

ABC had America’s Funniest Home Videos up 9% to 1.2 then American Idol at a flat 1.6, and Deception at a flat 0.7.

CBS had 60 Minutes from 7 to 9 p.m. at a level 0.8, then NCIS: Los Angeles at a flat 0.8 and Madam Secretary up 20% to 0.6.

For Fox, it was Bob’s Burgers at 0.7 and The Simpsons at 0.9, both shows flat. Brooklyn Nine-Nine grew 14% to 0.8 and Family Guy went up 11% to 1.0, then another Bob’s Burgers rated 0.8.

NBC rated a 0.6/3. Genius Junior scored a 0.6 and then its finale a 0.5; it did a 0.5 and 0.6 last Sunday. Two hours of the Timeless finale grew 20% to 0.6.

Univision rated a 0.4/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/1, both the same as last week.

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.