Primetime Ratings Monday: Everything Up on ABC

American Idol on ABC
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ABC won the Sunday ratings race, as everything on Sunday prime grew from the week before. ABC rated a 0.7 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. In second was CBS at 0.6/4. 

America’s Funniest Home Videos started things off on ABC up 20% for a 0.6. Two hours of American Idol got a 0.7 and 0.8, up a little from the previous week’s 0.7, and The Rookie grew 20% to 0.6. 

CBS had 60 Minutes at 0.5 and The Equalizer at 0.6, both flat. NCIS: Los Angeles lost 17% for a 0.5, while NCIS: New Orleans stayed level at 0.5. 

Fox and NBC both scored a 0.3/2. Fox had Bless the Harts at a flat 0.2 and The Simpsons down 25% for a 0.3. The Great North got a flat 0.3 and Bob’s Burgers shot up 67% to 0.5.  Family Guy went up 25% to 0.5. 

On NBC, an American Ninja Warrior repeat kicked off prime. Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist fell 33% to 0.2 and Good Girls scored a flat 0.3. 

Telemundo and Univision both did a 0.2/2. Telemundo had Exatlon Estados Unidos at a flat 0.2 before movie Kidnap

Univision had Aqui y Ahora at a level 0.2, then Latin Grammy Celebra at 0.2 and 0.3 across two hours. Sal y Pimienta did a flat 0.3. 

The CW garnered a 0.1/1. DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Batwoman both stayed level at 0.1. 

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.