Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With ‘Idol’ Finale
Fox’s animated comedies gain viewers with finales
ABC got top score in Sunday prime, with the American Idol finale leading the Alphabets. ABC got a 0.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. In second was Fox at 0.6/3.
Special AFV@Home got a 0.7 on ABC and two hours of American Idol a flat 1.0. The Taylor Swift City of Lover concert special tallied a 0.5.
Fox had season finales for its animated comedies. The Simpsons got a 0.6 and Duncanville a 0.4, both up a tenth. Bob’s Burgers also gained a tenth at 0.5 and Family Guy was a flat 0.5.
CBS rated a 0.5/3. 60 Minutes got a level 0.7 and led into movie Mission: Impossible, part of CBS’s Sunday night movie stunt.
NBC, Telemundo and Univision all did a 0.3/2. NBC had Little Big Shots, special The Beverly Hills Dog Show and The Wall all at 0.3. Little Big Shots was level and The Wall slid 40%.
Telemundo had the movies Never Let Go and Escape Plan.
Univision had Aqui y Ahora at a flat 0.3, movie Kung Fu Yoga and Sal y Pimenta at a flat 0.2.
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The CW got a 0.2/1. The season finales for Batwoman and Supergirl both scored a 0.2. Batwoman stayed level and Supergirl picked up a tenth.
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.