Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With ‘Disney Family Singalong’
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ABC had the top score in Sunday prime, with The Disney Family Singalong Volume 2 pacing the Alphabets. ABC got a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. CBS was next at 0.7/4.
Disney Family Singalong got a 1.3 and two hours of American Idol a 1.0, up a tenth. The Rookie finale lost 14% for a 0.6.
The first Disney Family Singalong got a 2.6 last month.
CBS had 60 Minutes at a level 0.7 and then 1994 film Forrest Gump, part of its Sunday movie night stunt, at 0.7. That was a tenth better than last week’s Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Fox and NBC both got a 0.4/2. Fox had The Simpsons at 0.5 and Duncanville at 0.3, both flat. Bob’s Burgers dropped 20% to 0.4 and Family Guy got a flat 0.5.
The Feeding America Comedy Special did a 0.3 across two hours on NBC. A Saturday Night Live prime special did a 0.5 from 9 to 11.
Telemundo and Univision both did a 0.2/1. Telemundo had movies The Karate Kid and Stolen.
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Univision had Por Ellas: Celebrando a las Madres at 0.2. Sal y Pimienta lost a tenth for a 0.2 and news special Maria de Todos Los Angeles got a 0.3.
The CW scored a 0.1/1. Batwoman rated a 0.2 and Supergirl a 0.1, both level with last week.
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.