Easy Sunday Overnight Victory for CBS

What follows are the metered market household results by half-hour for Sunday, March 26:

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 8.1/14, NBC: 3.7/ 6, ABC: 1.9/ 3, Fox: 1.3/ 2

Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
CBS: +53,Fox: +30, NBC: +12, ABC: -14

Ratings Breakdown:
Due to the 35-minute primetime overrun for NCAA Basketball, all individual program results for CBS are approximate. With that in mind, this primetime portion of the ongoing March Madness tournament averaged a hefty 13.1 rating/24 share in the household overnights in the 7 p.m. half-hour. The remainder of the Eye net’s primetime lineup led each half hour with granddaddy “60 Minutes” at a 10.3/18 from 7:30-8:30 p.m., followed by “NCIS: Los Angeles” (7.4/12 from 8:30-9:30 p.m.), “Madam Secretary” (6.0/10 from 9:30-10:30 p.m.) and “Elementary” (3.7/ 7 from 10:30-11:30 p.m.). “Elementary,” at present, is one of the 11 current CBS series that was not officially renewed following the confirmation of 18 returning series last week.

In the distant No. 2 spot was NBC care of an encore telecast of “Little Big Shots” (#3: 2.7/ 4 at 8 p.m.), the original telecast of “Little Big Shots” (#2: 5.7/10), recent entry “Chicago Justice” (#2: 3.7/ 6) and sophomore “Shades of Blue” (#2: 3.0/ 6), which was already renewed for next season. NBC, no doubt, would be wise to keep “Little Big Shots” as an ongoing midseason entry.

Elsewhere, ABC and Fox are in need of complete overhauls of Sunday night next season. ABC, of course, is unlikely to move Sunday 7 p.m. mainstay “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” which last night scored a 3.1/ 6 at 7 p.m. (#2) with an encore telecast. But tired “Once Upon a Time” (#3: 1.9/ 3) offers no lead-in support to newbie drama “Time After Time” at 9 p.m. (#4: 1.3/ 2), which slipped by 35 percent from short-lived year-ago time period occupant “The Family” (2.0/ 3 on 3/27/16). Even worse was season three of anthology “American Crime” (#3: 1.2/ 2 at 10 p.m.), which at this point cannot be saved my any critical acclaim.

Fox, meanwhile, opened with a repeat of “The Simpsons” (#4: 1.2/ 2 at 7 p.m.) into an also 1.2/ 2 of “Bob’s Burgers” at 7:30 p.m. Another original episode of Bob’s Burgers” could only muster a 1.3/ 2 in the household overnights in the 8 p.m. half-hour, and that led into failing recent entry “Making History” (#4: 1.1/ 2), “Family Guy” (3: 1.6/ 3) and “”The Last Man of Earth” (#3: 1.3/ 2) from 8:30-10 p.m. While Fox is dependent on the young adult demos, they won’t be very high with overnights this low.

What follows are the household overnight results for Sunday, March 26:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 3.0/ 5 (#2)
CBS – NCAA Basketball: 13.1/24 (#1)
NBC – “Little Big Shots” (R): 2.4/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “The Simpsons” (R): 1.2/ 2 (#4)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 3.2/ 6 (#2)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 10.5/18 (#1)
NBC – “Little Big Shots” (R): 2.9/ 5 (#3)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers”: 1.2/ 2 (#4)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Once Upon a Time”: 1.9/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 10.1/17 (#1)
NBC – “Little Big Shots”: 5.4/ 9 (#2)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers”: 1.3/ 2 (#4)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Once Upon a Time”: 1.8/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles”: 7.6/12 (#1)
NBC – “Little Big Shots”: 6.0/10 (#2)
Fox – “Making History”: 1.1/ 2 (#4)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Time After Time”: 1.3/ 2 (#4)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles”: 7.1/11 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago Justice”: 3.8/ 6 (#2)
Fox – “Family Guy”: 1.6/ 3 (#4)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Time After Time”: 1.2/ 2 (#4)
CBS – “Madam Secretary”: 6.3/10 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago Justice”: 3.5/ 6 (#2)
Fox – “The Last Man on Earth”: 1.3/ 2 (#3)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “American Crime”: 1.2/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “Madam Secretary”: 5.8/10 (#1)
NBC – “Shades of Blue”: 2.9/ 5 (#2)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Crime”: 1.2/ 2 (#3)
CBS – “Elementary”: 4.0/ 7 (#1)
NBC – “Shades of Blue”: 3.1/ 6 (#2)

Source: Nielsen Media Research