Primetime Ratings: Country Music Awards Down But CBS Wins

CBS earned the top score among broadcasters Sunday, with a 1.9 in adults 18-49 and a 7 share. 60 Minutes showed a 1.1, down substantially from last week’s basketball-aided 2.7, while the Academy of Country Music Awards did a 2.1. Last year’s awards did a 2.3. 

NBC had a 0.9/3 on the night. A Little Big Shots repeat led into a fresh one at 1.2, which was down 29%. Chicago Justice dropped 10% to 0.9 and Shades of Blue fell 13% to 0.7. 

Fox had a 0.7/2. A repeated Bob’s Burgers led into a new one at 0.7, down a tenth. The Simpsons did a 0.9, off a tenth from its last fresh airing, and Making History a 0.6, also down a tenth. After a Family Guy repeat, Last Man on Earth tallied a 0.8, down 11%. 

ABC did a 0.6/2. After a repeated America’s Funniest Home Videos, Once Upon a Time scored a 0.8, down 11%. New to the slot, Match Game was good for a 0.6, and American Crime did a 0.4, up 33%. 

Among Spanish-language players, Univision had a 0.4/1 while Telemundo had 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.