Primetime Ratings: 'Billboard Music Awards' Down, But ABC Still Wins

ABC was the big winner among broadcasters Sunday, doing a 2.0 rating in adults 18-49 in prime, per Nielsen’s overnights, and an 8 share. America’s Funniest Home Videos ticked up 10% to 1.1, while the Billboard Music Awards did a 2.3, with 7.74 million viewers. Last year’s Billboard Music Awards did a 3.1, with 9.6 million total viewers. 

Despite the decrease, everyone else was playing for scraps. Fox and NBC each had a 0.8/3. On Fox, Bob’s Burgers was down 22% at 0.7, and The Simpsons fell 10% to 0.9. Making History was a flat 0.6 and a double run of Family Guy rated a 1.0, down 17%. 

On NBC, Dateline scored a 0.9 and two episodes of Shades of Blue, including the season finale, a 0.7. Shades did a 0.9 last week.

CBS had a 0.7/3. 60 Minutes had a 0.8 across two hours, off 20% from last week. The Madam Secretary finale rated a flat 0.7 while the Elementary season closer did a 0.5, down a tenth of a point. 

On the Spanish-language networks, Univision had a 0.4/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/1. 

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.