Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins Easily

CBS won the Sunday ratings contest with a 2.1 rating in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and an 8 share. The start of prime was delayed 34 minutes due to NCAA basketball, which scored a 5.3, then 60 Minutes did a 2.7, up 59% from last week’s score. NCIS: Los Angeles grew 45% to 1.5 and Madam Secretary climbed 38% to 1.1. Elementary grew 33% to a 0.8. 

Next was NBC at 1.1/4. After a Little Big Shots repeat, a fresh Little Big Shots grew 13% week over week to a 1.7. Chicago Justice did a flat 1.0 while Shades of Blue was a flat 0.8. 

Fox had a 0.8/3. Bob’s Burgers showed a flat 0.8 and a second one a 0.9. Making History was a flat 0.7 and Family Guy a level 1.1. Last Man on Earth grew 13% to 0.9. 

ABC had a 0.7/2. It started with an America’s Funniest Home Videos repeat before Once Upon a Time grew 13% to 0.9. Time After Time did a flat 0.4 and American Crime a 0.3, down a tenth of a point. 

Among Spanish-language channels, Univision had a 0.5/2 on the night, while Telemundo had a 0.3/1. 

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.