Sunday Overnights: ‘Tony Awards’ Leads CBS to Victory

SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2018

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 5.1/ 9, ABC: 3.5/ 6, NBC: 2.2/ 4, Fox: 0.9/ 2

Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening
Fox: +12, CBS: + 2, ABC: – 3, NBC: -46

Ratings Breakdown:
CBS topped this second Sunday in June in the household overnights care of granddaddy “60 Minutes” (#1 for the night: 6.0 rating/12 share from 7-8 p.m.) and the 2018 Tony Awards, which was on par from the year-ago evening with a 4.8/ 9 from 8-11 p.m. Comparably, last year’s Tony Awards telecast averaged 6.05 million viewers and a 0.9 rating/4 share in adults 18-49, based on the Live+Same Day data.

For the complete listing of Tony Award winners, click here

In season-premiere news, ABC game shows “Celebrity Family Feud” (#1t: 5.0/ 9 at 8 p.m.), featuring the Kardashian vs. West families, and “The $100,000 Pyramid” (#2: 3.6/ 7 at 9 p.m.) were positively sampled opposite The Tony Awards. But “To Tell the Truth” at 10 p.m., hosted by Anthony Anderson, slipped to a 2.7/ 5 (#2) at 10 p.m.

Also original last night were two burn-off episodes of Fox sitcom “Ghosted” (fourth-place 0.8/ 1 at both 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.), and science-themed “One Strange Rock” (#4: 1.0. 2 from 7-8 p.m.). On NBC, “Dateline” opened the evening with a modest 2.4/ 5 (#3 at 7 p.m.).

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Sunday, June 10 broken out by half-hour:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos”: 2.6/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 5.8/12 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 2.4/ 5 (#3)
Fox – “One Strange Rock”: 1.1/ 2 (#4)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos”: 2.8/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 6.2/12 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 2.6/ 5 (#3)
Fox – “One Strange Rock”: 0.9/ 2 (#4)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud” (season premiere): 4.8/ 9 (#2)
CBS – 2018 “Tony Awards”: 5.3/10 (#1)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent” (R): 2.0/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “The Simpsons” (R): 0.9/ 2 (#4)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud” (season premiere): 5.2/ 9 (#1)
CBS – 2018 “Tony Awards”: 4.7/ 8 (#2)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent” (R): 2.2/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “Ghosted”: 0.8/ 1 (#4)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “The $100,000 Pyramid” (season premiere): 3.8/ 7 (#2)
CBS – 2018 “Tony Awards”: 4.9/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent” (R): 2.5/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “Family Guy” (R): 0.8/ 1 (#4)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The $100,000 Pyramid” (season premiere): 3.4/ 6 (#2)
CBS – 2018 “Tony Awards”: 4.8/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent” (R): 2.6/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “Ghosted”: 0.8/ 1 (#4)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “To Tell the Truth” (season premiere): 2.8/ 5 (#2)
CBS – 2018 “Tony Awards”: 4.6/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “World of Dance” (R): 1.6/ 3 (#3)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “To Tell the Truth” (season premiere): 2.5/ 5 (#2)
CBS – 2018 “Tony Awards”: 4.2/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “World of Dance” (R): 1.4/ 3 (#3)

Source: Nielsen Media Research