Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Mighty ‘Idol’

ABC held down the top spot in Sunday prime, with American Idol pacing the Alphabets to the title. ABC got a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. Runner-up was CBS at 0.6/3.

After an America’s Funniest Home Videos repeat, American Idol got a level 1.3 from 8 to 10 p.m. The Rookie shot up 14% to 0.8.

CBS had 60 Minutes at 0.8 and God Friended Me at 0.5, both off a tenth from last week. NCIS: Los Angeles slid 14% to 0.6 and NCIS: New Orleans did a flat 0.5.

Fox scored a 0.5/3. After comedy repeats, The Simpsons dropped 17% to 0.5 and Duncanville weighed in at a flat 0.4. Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy both scored a 0.5, Bob’s off a tenth and Family Guy flat.

NBC and Telemundo both posted a 0.4/2. NBC had a Little Big Shots repeat, then a new one was down 20% to 0.4. Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist posted a flat 0.4 and Good Girls grew 25% to 0.5.

On Telemundo, Premios Tu Musica Urbano 2020 did a 0.2 and was followed by movie The Shepherd.

Univision posted a 0.3/2. Two hours of Me Caigo de Risa got a 0.2 and 0.3. Futbol Mexicano Primera Division: Atlas scored a 0.2.

The CW did a 0.2/1 with reruns. 

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.