Primetime Ratings: ‘Idol’ Leads ABC to Victory

ABC won the Sunday ratings title, as American Idol led the net to a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. There was a massive tie for second, with CBS, Fox, NBC and Telemundo all at 0.5/2.

Univision did a 0.3/1 and The CW a 0.2/1.

ABC had America’s Funniest Home Videos up 11% at 1.0 and two hours of American Idol at a flat 1.1, then the Shark Tank finale up 14% at 0.8.

CBS had 60 Minutes north 17% at 0.7 and The Red Line at a flat 0.4 from 8 to 10, then NCIS: Los Angeles up 20% at 0.6.

Fox had a Paradise Hotel rerun and the finales of The Simpsons at 0.5, Bob’s Burgers at 0.6 and Family Guy at 0.7. The three comedies all did a 0.7 last week.

On NBC it was The Secret Life of Pets at 0.5 and an Ellen’s Game of Games repeat, then Good Girls down 20% for a 0.4.

Telemundo had the finale of Exatlon Estados Unidos.

The CW ran Supergirl at 0.3 and Charmed at 0.2, both staying level. 

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.