Bee Gees Special Ignites CBS

SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2017

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What follows are the metered market household results by half-hour for Sunday, April 16:

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 5.5/10, NBC: 2.8/ 5, ABC: 1.7/ 3, Fox: 0.8/ 1

Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
CBS: – 8, ABC and NBC: -32 each, Fox: -33

Ratings Breakdown:
It was an easy Sunday overnight victory for CBS, which got a boost care of two-hour special “Stayin’ Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees” at a solid 6.7 rating/12 share from 8-10 p.m. That topped the evening and it led into a 2.9/ 5 for on-the-fence crime solver “Elementary” at 10 p.m., which slipped by 60 percent from the 9:30 p.m. portion (7.3/12) of the Bee Gees special. At this point, it is time to let five-year old “Elementary” go.

Earlier in the evening on CBS was older-skewing granddaddy “60 Minutes” at a dominant 5.9/12 at 7 p.m.

On NBC, “Little Big Shots” was a repeat (hence the net’s below average overnight rating), with a distant second-place 3.0/ 5 from 8-9 p.m. That led into freshman “Chicago Justice” at a 3.1/ 5 (#2) at 9 p.m., which held the lead-in, followed by already renewed “Shades of Blue,” starring Jennifer Lopez and Ray Liotta, at a 2.8/ 5 (#2) at 10 p.m.

NBC opened the night with a 7 p.m. repeat edition of “Little Big Shots” at a 2.2/ 5 at 7 p.m.

Elsewhere, ABC’s troubles continue on Sunday. A one-hour special at 7 p.m., “Inside Disneynature: Wild Lives,” scored a 2.0/ 4 at 7 p.m. (#3), which was 26 percent below the 2.7/ 5 for regularly scheduled “America’s Funniest Home Videos” one week earlier. Next was fading “Once Upon a Time” at a mere 1.7/ 3 from 8-9 p.m., followed by recent returnee “The Match Game” (#3: 1.7/ 3 at 9 p.m.) and deteriorating “American Crime” (#3: 1.3/ 2 at 10 p.m.), which has never been anything more than a critical favorite.

Fox was in all repeats care of 7 p.m. special “Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade” (0.8/ 2), “Bob’s Burgers” (0.6/ 1), “The Simpsons” (1.0/ 2), “Making History” (0.6/ 1), “Family Guy” (0.9/ 2) and “The Last Man on Earth” (0.7/ 1).

What follows are the household overnight results for Sunday, April 16:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “Inside Disneynature: Wild Lives”: 2.0/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 5.6/12 (#1)
NBC – “Little Big Shots” (R): 2.1/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade” (R): 0.8/ 2 (#4)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “Inside Disneynature: Wild Lives”: 1.9/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 6.2/12 (#1)
NBC – “Little Big Shots” (R): 2.3/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers
” (R): 0.6/ 1 (#4)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Once Upon a Time”: 1.8/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “Stayin; Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees”: 6.1/11 (#1)
NBC – “Little Big Shots” (R): 3.0/ 6 (#2)
Fox – “The Simpsons” (R): 1.0/ 2 (#4)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Once Upon a Time”: 1.6/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “Stayin; Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees”: 6.3/11 (#1)
NBC – “Little Big Shots” (R): 3.1/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “Making History” (R): 0.6/ 1 (#4)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Match Game”: 1.7/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “Stayin’ Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees”: 7.1/12 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago Justice”: 3.1/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “Family Guy” (R): 0.9/ 2 (#4)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Match Game”: 1.8/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “Stayin’ Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees”: 7.3/12 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago Justice”: 3.1/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “The Last Man on Earth” (R): 0.7/ 1 (#4)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “American Crime”: 1.3/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “Elementary”: 3.1/ 5 (#1)
NBC – “Shades of Blue”: 2.8/ 5 (#2)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Crime”: 1.3/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “Elementary”: 2.7/ 5 (#1t)
NBC – “Shades of Blue”: 2.7/ 5 (#1t)

Source: Nielsen Media Research