Primetime Ratings: Stormy Story Paces CBS to Ratings Title
CBS cruised to the Sunday title in ratings, riding NCAA basketball and 60 Minutes to a 2.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 9 share. That trounced the 1.2/5 that ABC put up.
ABC and CBS split the win the previous Sunday.
A March Madness overrun did a 5.9 on CBS, then 60 Minutes, where Stormy Daniels was interviewed by Anderson Cooper about an alleged affair with President Trump, did a 4.0, up from last week’s 1.6. Fully 21.3 million people watched, said CBS. Drama Instinct scored a 1.4, up 40% from its premiere, then NCIS: Los Angeles grew 25% to 1.0 and Madam Secretary climbed 17% to 0.7.
ABC had America’s Funniest Home Videos up 13% at 0.9, then American Idol down 6% at 1.7 from 8-10 p.m. Drama Deception took ABC to the end of prime, down 22% for a 0.7.
Fox did a 0.8/3, as Bob’s Burgers went up 14% to 0.8, The Simpsons elevated 25% to 1.0, Brooklyn Nine-Nine did a flat 0.9, Family Guy went down 10% to 0.9 and The Last Man on Earth posted a level 0.7.
NBC rated a 0.7/3. After a Little Big Shots repeat, a new LBS dropped 18% for a 0.9. Genius Junior fell 30% for a 0.7 and Timeless was off a tenth of a point at 0.6.
Univision rated a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/1.
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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.