Primetime Ratings: ‘Idol’ Down a Tick But ABC Still Wins Sunday

ABC had the winning score in Sunday prime, American Idol leading the net to a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That snuck by CBS’s 0.9/4.

ABC had America’s Funniest Home Videos at 1.0 and two hours of American Idol at 1.2, both down a tenth from last week. The Rookie got a level 0.8.

On CBS, 60 Minutes fell 10% to 0.9 and ACM Presents: Our Country got a 1.0 for two hours. A rerun of Garth & Trisha Live! Followed.

Univision was next at 0.5/2. Aqui y Ahora got a flat 0.5 and the three-hour Pequentos Gigantes finale did a 0.5, 0.6 and 0.4, after last week’s 0.5 and 0.6.

Fox and NBC both got a 0.4/2. Fox had reruns. NBC had Little Big Shots at 0.4 and The Wall at 0.5, both flat. Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist did a flat 0.4 and Good Girls fell 20% to 0.4.

Telemundo rated a 0.3/2 with movies: The Expendables and Kidnap.

The CW scored a 0.1/0. Reruns of Batwoman and Supergirl aired. 

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.