Sunday Overnights: Clean Sweep for CBS; ABC is the Net to Beat in Adults 18-49

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SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2018

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 5.9/10, ABC: 3.6/ 6, NBC: 2.8/ 5, Fox: 1.2/ 2

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
ABC: +80, Fox: +33, CBS: -21, NBC: -22

Ratings Breakdown:
It was a clean sweep in the household overnights for CBS on this second Sunday in April with its older-skewing combination of “60 Minutes” (#1 for the night: 8.0 rating/14 share at 7 p.m.), recent drama entry “Instinct” (5.8/10 at 8 p.m.), which is an improvement over fall time period occupant “Wisdom of the Crowd,” “NCIS: Los Angeles” (5.3/ 9 at 9 p.m.) and “Madam Secretary” (4.1/ 8 at 10 p.m.). But even a disappointing “American Idol” (4.6/ 8 from 8-10 p.m.) will be enough for ABC to win the evening in adults 18-49 (and all the key young adult demos).

While “American Idol” does remain a significant improvement over year-ago time period occupants “Once Upon a Time” (1.8 3 on 4/09/17) and “The Match Game” (2.1/ 2), it is also clearly not the hit ABC was hoping for (particularly at the cost the network is paying for it). “American Idol” led into recent drama entry “Deception” at a modest 2.3/ 4 at 10 p.m., which finished second ahead of sophomore “Timeless” on NBC (1.7/ 3) and is unlikely to be granted a second season.

Earlier in the evening on NBC was “Dateline” (#3: 2.8/ 5), “Little Big Shots” (#3: 4.1/ 7) and recent entry “Genius Junior” (#3: 2.7/ 5) from 7-10 p.m. Fox, meanwhile, remained out of the competitive loop in the household overnights on Sunday and needs to overhaul this evening next season. The animation is just not cutting it anymore.

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Sunday, April 8 broken out by half-hour:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 2.7/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 8.1/15 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 2.7/ 5 (#2t)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers” (R): 0.8/ 1 (#4)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 3.0/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 7.8/14 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 2.9/ 5 (#3)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers”: 1.1/ 2 (#4)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 4.4/ 7 (#2)
CBS – “Instinct”: 6.0/10 (#1)
NBC – “Little Big Shots”: 4.0/ 7 (#3)
Fox – “The Simpsons”: 1.5/ 3 (#4)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 4.6/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “Instinct”: 5.6/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “Little Big Shots”: 4.3/ 7 (#3)
Fox – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”: 1.2/ 2 (#4)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 4.7/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles”: 5.4/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “Genius Junior”: 2.9/ 5 (#3)
Fox – “Family Guy”: 1.4/ 2 (#4)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 4.7/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles”: 5.3/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “Genius Junior”: 2.6/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “Last Man on Earth”: 1.2/ 2 (#4)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Deception”: 2.5/ 4 (#2)
CBS – “Madam Secretary”: 4.1/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Timeless”: 1.8/ 3 (#3)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Deception”: 2.1/ 4 (#2)
CBS – “Madam Secretary”: 4.1/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Timeless”: 1.6/ 3 (#3)

Source: Nielsen Media Research