CBS Closes Week on Winning Overnight Note

SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2016

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 5.9 rating/10 share, NBC: 3.1/ 5, ABC: 2.6/ 4, Fox: 1.3/ 2

Percent Change from the Year-Ago Week:
CBS: – 6, NBC: – 9, ABC and Fox: -28 each

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Ratings Breakdown:
With “Little Big Shots” not original, CBS extended its lead over NBC in the metered market households to 90 percent last night. Granddaddy “60 Minutes” topped the evening with a 7.2 rating/13 share in the household overnights a 7 p.m. Next was compatible (and older-skewing) “Madam Secretary” at a dominant 6.9/11 at 8 p.m. followed by soon-to-conclude “The Good Wife” at a 6.1/ 9 (#1) at 9 p.m. Relocated “Elementary,” which normally resonates in DVR usage, closed the night with a first-place 3.5/ 6 at 10 p.m. Comparably, the bested the competition – “Dateline” on NBC (#2: 3.0/ 6) and “Quantico” on ABC (2.5/ 4) – by 17 percent and 40 percent, respectively.

Production next season on “Quantico” will move from Canada to New York City.

NBC featured two episodes of “Little Big Shots,” both repeats, and it averaged a 2.8/ 5 in the 7 p.m. hour (#3) and a 4.3/ 7 at 8 p.m. (#2). With weaker lead-in support, 9-10 p.m. NBC sitcoms “The Carmichael Show” (#2: 2.3/ 4) and “Crowded” (#3: 1.9/ 3) dipped to series lows. And they led into a Sunday 10 p.m. edition of “Dateline” at a aforementioned 3.0/ 6 (#2), which perked up out of “Crowded” by 58 percebt.

Over at ABC, veteran “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (#2: 3.0/ 6 at 7 p.m.) led into a fading “Once Upon a Time” at a 2.6/ 4 (#3) at 8 p.m., which slipped by 21 percent from the 3.3/ 5 on the year-ago evening. At 9 p.m., failing “The Family” scored a mere 2.2/ 3 (#2) in households, which was a loss of 45 percent compared to year-ago time period drama occupant “Secrets & Lies” 4.0/ 6). Aforementioned “Quantico” at 10 p.m. (#3: 2.5/ 4) perked up by 14 percent.

Fox finished fourth in each of the six half-hours with its line-up of “Bordertown” (0.8/ 2), which is waiting for the axe to swing, a repeat of “The Simpsons” (0.9/ 2), an original installment of “The Simpsons” (1.8/ 3), “Bob’s Burgers” (1.5/ 2), a repeat of “Family Guy” (1.4/ 2) and “The Last Man on Earth” (1.4/ 2).

Source: Nielsen Media Research