Primetime Ratings Monday: CBS Wins With Hoops
‘American Idol’ stays strong on ABC
CBS won the Monday ratings battle easily thanks to March Madness basketball. CBS rated a 1.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 10 share. In second were ABC and NBC at 0.6/4.
CBS had Houston versus Oregon State and Baylor against Arkansas.
ABC had two hours of American Idol at 0.7 and The Good Doctor at 0.5, both flat.
On NBC it was two hours of The Voice at a flat 0.7, then Debris down 25% to 0.3.
Univision tallied a 0.4/3. Vencer El Desamor got a 0.5. Te Acuerdas De Mi scored a 0.4 and La Hija Del Embajador a 0.3. All three were level with last week.
Fox posted a 0.4/2. A 9-1-1 rerun led into America’s Most Wanted off 25% to 0.3.
Telemundo was next at 0.3/2. Exatlon Estados Unidos and La Suerte De Loli both rated a 0.3 and Buscando A Frida scored a 0.2. Exatlon gained a tenth, La Suerte stayed level and Buscando lost a tenth.
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The CW was at 0.1/0. The Bulletproof finale got a flat 0.1 and All American Stories a 0.0.
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.