Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With ‘Idol’

ABC had the top score in Sunday prime, as American Idol led the net to a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. Runners-up were CBS and Fox at 0.6/3.

ABC had America’s Funniest Home Videos up 25% to 1.0 and two hours of American Idol at 1.3 and 1.4, after it opened at 1.4 and 1.5. The Rookie grew 33% to 0.8.

CBS had 60 Minutes up 33% at 0.8 and God Friended Me up 50% at 0.6. It was 0.6s for NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans, Los Angeles flat and New Orleans up a tenth.

Fox had The Simpsons down 14% at 0.6 and Duncanville at a flat 0.5. Bob’s Burgers grew 17% to 0.7 and Family Guy was a flat 0.6.

NBC and Univision both had a 0.4/2. NBC had an America’s Got Talent repeat, then Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist up 25% to 0.5 and Good Girls at 0.4, level with its season premiere.

On Univision, Aqui y Ahora got a flat 0.4 and three hours of the Mira Quien Baila All Stars finale got 0.4, 0.5 and 0.4, after last week’s 0.4.

Telemundo did a 0.3/2 and The CW a 0.2/1. Telemundo had two hours of Exatlon Estados Unidos at a flat 0.3/0.4, then two hours of La Voz at 0.3, down slightly from its 0.3/0.4 last week.

The CW had Batwoman at 0.2 and Supergirl at 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.