Primetime Ratings: ‘Idol’ Down But Still Paces ABC

ABC got the top spot in Sunday prime ratings, with American Idol leading the net to a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. That beat the 0.7/3 that NBC tallied.

ABC had America’s Funniest Home Videos down 18% at 0.9 and two hours of American Idol off 21% at 1.1, then Shark Tank down 13% at 0.7.

NBC had an Ellen’s Game of Games repeat and the two-hour World of Dance finale at a flat 0.8. Good Girls fell 17% to 0.5.

Fox was next at 0.6/3. CBS got a 0.5.2.

On Fox, The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy all did a 0.7, Simpsons flat and Bob’s and Family down a tenth of a point. Repeats led in and out of the fresh comedy episodes.

On CBS, 60 Minutes got a 0.6 and the two-hour The Red Line a 0.4. NCIS: Los Angeles got a 0.5. All three CBS shows were down a tenth of a point from last week.

Univision did a 0.4/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/1.

The CW rated a 0.2/1. Supergirl got a 0.3 and Charmed a 0.2, both dramas flat.

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.