Primetime Ratings: ABC on Top With ‘Idol’

Alex Miller audition's for ABC's 'American Idol'
(Image credit: ABC/John Fleenor)

ABC had the winning score in Sunday prime. With American Idol putting up a healthy number, ABC scored a 0.6 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. In second was CBS at 0.5/4. 

It was a soft night for the Nielsens. America’s Funniest Home Videos fell 17% to 0.5 on ABC and two hours of American Idol earned a 0.7 and 0.8, down a tick from last week’s 0.8. The Rookie lost 17% for a 0.5.

CBS had 60 Minutes at 0.5, down 58% from last week, when it had a March Madness lead in. The Equalizer lost 25% for a 0.6. NCIS: Los Angeles dropped 17% to 0.5 and NCIS: New Orleans slid 20% to 0.4. 

NBC, Telemundo and Univision all posted a 0.2/1. NBC had an Ellen’s Game of Games rerun and a new episode down a tenth at 0.2. Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist scored a flat 0.2 and a Good Girls rerun followed. 

Telemundo had soccer at 0.1 and two hours of Exatlon Estados Unidos at 0.3 and 0.2, up a little from last week’s 0.2. A Minuto Para Ganar rerun closed out prime. 

On Univision, Aqui y Ahora got a flat 0.2 and two hours of Mira Quien Baila Univision All Stars lost a tenth for a 0.2. Sal y Pimienta got a flat 0.2. 

The CW and Fox scored a 0.1/1. The CW had repeats. 

Fox had Malika the Lion Queen across its prime. 

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.