Primetime Ratings Sunday: ‘American Idol’ Down But ABC Still on Top

Alex Miller audition's for ABC's 'American Idol'
(Image credit: ABC/John Fleenor)

ABC won the Sunday ratings, with American Idol leading the way. ABC got a 0.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. In second was CBS at 0.6/4. 

America’s Funniest Home Videos got a flat 0.8 on ABC and two hours of American Idol a 1.0, down a tenth from the season premiere. The Rookie got a 0.5, up a tenth from its last fresh airing last month. 

On CBS, 60 Minutes rated a flat 0.7, as did The Equalizer, which lost 22%. NCIS: Los Angeles dropped 14% to 0.6 and NCIS: New Orleans scored a level 0.5. 

Fox was next at 0.4/2. After reruns of Jason Biggs-hosted Cherries Wild and Bless the Harts, The Simpsons got a flat 0.5 and The Great North lost 20% for a 0.4. Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy both rated a 0.5, Bob’s down 29% and Family off 38%. 

NBC, Telemundo and Univision all rated a 0.3/2. NBC had reruns of Weakest Link and The Wall before two hours of Dateline NBC got a 0.4 and 0.3. 

On Telemundo, two hours of Exatlon Estados Unidos got a 0.3 and 0.4, up a little from last week’s 0.3, and led into movie Hanna

On Univision, Aqui y Ahora shot up 50% to 0.3 and two hours of Alejandro Fernandez--El Especial got a 0.3. Sal y Pimienta scored a flat 0.2. 

The CW rated a 0.1/1. Batwoman and Charmed both tallied a level 0.1. 

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.