Primetime Ratings: ‘American Idol’ Down But Still Paces ABC
ABC got the top score in Sunday ratings, with American Idol leading to a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. CBS, Fox and NBC all did a 0.7/3.
America’s Funniest Home Videos fell 18% to 0.9 on ABC, before American Idol dropped 24% from its premiere to 1.3 from 8 to 10 p.m. Shark Tank did a 0.8, down from the 1.1 and 1.0 a double run did last time out.
On CBS, 60 Minutes slid 20% to 0.8 and God Friended Me dropped 14% to 0.6. Special Aretha! A Grammy Celebration For the Queen of Soul rated a 0.6 from 9 to 11.
On Fox, comedy repeats led into The Simpsons down 11% at 0.8 and Bob’s Burgers at a flat 0.8. Family Guy grew 13% to 0.9 and a rerun followed.
NBC had an Ellen’s Game of Games rerun before World of Dance did a 0.9 from 8 to 10, down 10%. Drama Good Girls fell 14% to 0.6.
Telemundo rated a 0.4/2 and Univision got a 0.3/1.
The CW did a 0.2/1. Supergirl scored a 0.3 and Charmed a 0.2, both shows down a tenth of a point.
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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.