Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Sturdy ‘Idol’

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ABC won the honors in Sunday prime ratings, with American Idol leading the network to a 1.0/5. The rest of the players were a ways back. CBS and NBC did a 0.6/3.

ABC led off with an America’s Funniest Home Videos repeat, then American Idol was down 8% at 1.2 from 8 to 10 p.m. Shark Tank did a flat 0.8.

CBS had 60 Minutes down 22% at 0.7 and Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration at 0.6 from 8 to 10. The Madam Secretary finale got a level 0.4.

On NBC, an Ellen’s Game of Games repeat kicked off prime, followed by two hours of World of Dance at a flat 0.7. Good Girls fell 17% for a 0.5.

Fox got a 0.5/2 with comedy repeats.

Telemundo did a 0.4/2 and Univision a 0.3/2.

The CW rated a 0.2/1. Supergirl did a 0.3 and Charmed a 0.2, both shows flat. 

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.