Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Potent ‘American Idol’

ABC got the top number in Sunday prime ratings, as American Idol led the Alphabets to a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That easily topped CBS’s 0.6/3.

ABC had an America’s Funniest Home Videos repeat, then two hours of American Idol at 1.3, down a tick from last week’s 1.3/1.4. The Rookie got a flat 0.7.

CBS had 60 Minutes, with presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg and former Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, up 13% at 0.9. God Friended Me was a level 0.6. NCIS: Los Angeles grew 17% to 0.7 and NCIS: New Orleans lost 17% for a 0.5.

Fox scored a 0.5/2. The Simpsons rated a flat 0.6 and Duncanville slid 20% to 0.4. Bob’s Burgers got a 0.6 and Family Guy a 0.5, both comedies down a tenth.

NBC and Telemundo both rated a 0.4/2. NBC had a Little Big Shots repeat, then a new one at 0.5, down 44% from its preview, when it had The Voice leading in. Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist fell 20% to 0.4, as did Good Girls.

On Telemundo, two hours of Exatlon Estados Unidos got a 0.4 after last week’s 0.3/0.4 and two hours of La Voz shot up 33% to 0.4.

Univision got a 0.2/1. Aqui y Ahora lost 50% for a 0.2 and led into Nosotros Los Nobles at 0.2 and 0.3. Cronicas lost a tenth for a 0.2.

The CW did a 0.1/1 with repeats of Batwoman and Supergirl

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.