Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With ‘CMA Fest’

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ABC won Sunday prime ratings, with the CMA Fest leading the net to a 0.8/4, per the Nielsen overnights. That beat the 0.5/3 put up by CBS.

ABC had an America’s Funniest Home Videos repeat, then CMA Fest 2019 from 8 to 11 p.m. It did a 0.8. Country stars Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini hosted.

CBS had 60 Minutes down 17% at 0.5 and Big Brother up 10% at 1.1. Instinct got a 0.3 and The Good Fight finale scored a 0.2, the two dramas flat.

NBC had a 0.4/2. It aired repeats of Hollywood Game Night, America’s Got Talent and Bring the Funny.

Fox got a 0.3/2. Comedy repeats led into What Just Happened with Fred Savage?!? at a flat 0.2.

Telemundo and Univision both got a 0.3/2.

The CW did a 0.1/1 with reruns. 

Michael Malone
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.