Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With Hoops Lead-In

CBS won top spot in Sunday’s prime ratings, a sizzling March Madness hoops lead-in pacing the net to a 1.6 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That easily beat the 1.0/4 that ABC tallied.

A thriller game between Duke and UCF led into prime on CBS. 60 Minutes did a noisy 3.5, miles up from last week’s 1.1, before God Friended Me went up 50% to 1.2 and NCIS: Los Angeles was a flat 0.9. Madam Secretary shot up 40% to 0.7.

On ABC, an America’s Funniest Home Videos repeat led into American Idol at 1.2 from 8 to 10 p.m. Shark Tank got a 0.8. Both shows lost a tenth of a point.

Fox got a 0.7/3 and NBC a 0.6/3.

Fox had The Simpsons at 0.8 and Bob’s Burgers at 0.9, both level with last week, then Family Guy grew 13% to 0.9. A Family Guy repeat closed out Fox’s prime.

On NBC, an Ellen’s Game of Games repeat led into World of Dance at a level 0.8 from 8 to 10. Good Girls went up a tenth for a 0.6.

Univision did a 0.4/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/1.

The CW scored a 0.2/1. Supergirl got a 0.3 and Charmed a 0.2, both shows flat. 

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.