Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins Easily

CBS won the Sunday ratings battle easily, putting up a 1.5 in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and a 6 share. With the Masters leading in, 60 Minutes did a 1.5, up 36% from last week, then NCIS: Los Angeles had a 1.1, down 27% from its last fresh airing, and Madam Secretary a 0.7, down 36%.

NBC was next at 0.9/3. Little Big Shots was up 8% at 1.3, then Chicago Justice did a flat 0.9 and Shades of Blue a flat 0.7.

ABC and Fox both were at 0.6/2. For ABC, America’s Funniest Home Videos had a 0.7 and Once Upon a Time a 0.7, down a tenth. Match Game did a 0.7, up 17%, and American Crime a flat 0.4.

Fox was in repeats.

Among the Spanish-language players, Univision had a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/1.

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.