Monday Overnights: Modest Start for Drama ‘The Crossing’ on ABC

MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2018

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 5.2/ 8, ABC: 4.5/ 7, CBS: 3.7/ 6, Fox: 1.2/ 2, CW: 0.8/ 1

Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
Note: CBS aired NCAA Basketball on the year-ago evening.
CW: +14, NBC: no change, ABC: -21, Fox: -43, CBS: -63

Ratings Breakdown:
“The Voice” led NBC to another Monday overnight victory, with a dominant 6.4 rating/10 share in households besting competing “American Idol” on ABC (#2: 5.0/ 8) by 28 percent. While “American Idol” is not a bust by any means, smaller than expected returns for this ABC reboot may not justify the high costs of producing it.

In series-premiere news was ABC drama “The Crossing,” which won the 10 p.m. hour with a 3.6/ 6 in the household overnights. Comparably, that was 57 percent above “Quantico” on the year-ago evening (2.3/ 4 on 4/03/17). And it beat competing “Good Girls” on NBC (#3: 2.8/ 5) and a repeat of “NCIS” on CBS (#2: 3.1/ 5) by 29 percent and 16 percent, respectively. But “The Crossing” was also 42 percent below the season-finale of “The Good Doctor” one week earlier (6.2/11 on March 26). And it dipped from the 9:30 p.m. portion of lead-in “American Idol” (4.8/ 8) by 25 percent. Since most new series drop 10 to 20 percent in week two, consider this a modest start for “The Crossing.”

Earlier in the evening on CBS were repeats of “The Big Bang Theory” (two episodes – 8 p.m.: #3: 4.5/ 7; 9 p.m.: #3: 4.2/ 7) and “Young Sheldon” (#3: 4.2/ 7 at 8:30 p.m.) into a slightly improved 3.0/ 5 for an original installment of recent entry “Living Biblically” at 9:30 p.m.

Elsewhere, Fox populated the night with encore telecasts of dramas “Lucifer” (#4: 1.2/ 2 at 8 p.m.) and “The Resident” (#4: 1.2/ 2 at 9 p.m.), which I predict will both be back next season. And The CW featured just renewed “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow” (#5: 1.0/ 2 at 8 p.m.) into on the fence ‘iZombie” at 9 p.m. (#5: 0.6/ 1)

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Monday, April 2 broken out by half-hour:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 5.0/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “The Big bang Theory” (R): 4.5/ 7 (#3)
NBC – “The Voice”: 6.3/11 (#1)
Fox – “Lucifer” (R): 1.3/ 2 (#4)
CW – “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow”: 1.0/ 2 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 5.1/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “Young Sheldon” (R): 4.2/ 7 (#3)
NBC – “The Voice”: 6.6/11 (#1)
Fox – “Lucifer” (R): 1.2/ 2 (#4)
CW – “D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow”: 1.0/ 2 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 5.1/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “The Big bang Theory” (R): 4.2/ 7 (#3)
NBC – “The Voice”: 6.5/10 (#1)
Fox – “The Resident” (R): 1.2/ 2 (#4)
CW – “iZombie”: 0.6/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 4.8/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “Living Biblically”: 3.0/ 5 (#3)
NBC – “The Voice”: 6.2/10 (#1)
Fox – “The Resident” (R): 1.3/ 2 (#4)
CW – “iZombie”: 0.7/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Crossing” (series premiere): 3.8/ 6 (#1)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 3.1/ 5 (#3)
NBC – “Good Girls”: 3.2/ 5 (#2)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Crossing” (series premiere): 3.5/ 6 (#1)
CBS – “NCIS” (R): 3.2/ 6 (#2)
NBC – “Good Girls”: 2.5/ 5 (#2)

Source: Nielsen Media Research