Solid Showing for ‘The Billboard Music Awards’ on ABC

SUNDAY 5/21/17

What follows are the metered market household results by half-hour for Sunday, May 21, 2018

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 4.9/ 9, ABC: 4.7/ 9, NBC: 3.1/ 5, Fox: 1.1/ 2

Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
NBC: +29, CBS: +14, ABC: -11, Fox: -15

Ratings Breakdown:
CBS led the household overnights on this final Sunday of the traditional TV season, besting No. 2 ABC by two-tenths of a rating point (or four percent). But the home of “The Billboard Music Awards,” ABC, will top the night in adults 18-49 and all the key young adult demographics. “The Billboard Music Awards” averaged a 5.4 rating/9 share from 8-11 p.m., which was 12 percent below the 6.1/10 in the household overnights on the year-ago evening. Comparably, that 6.1 overnight household rating translated into 9.76 million viewers and a 3.2 rating/10 share in adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data.

Earlier in the evening on ABC was the season-finale of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” at a third-place 2.8/ 6 at 7 p.m.

On CBS, two episodes of veteran “60 Minutes” (7 p.m. – #1: 6.1/12 at 7 p.m.; #1: 5.5/10 at 8 p.m.) led into the season-finale episodes of “Madam Secretary” (#2: 5.3/ 9 at 9 p.m.) and “Elementary” (#2: 3.0/ 5 at 10 p.m.). “Elementary” will return in 2017-18 in midseason.

Elsewhere, two episodes of NBC’s “Dateline” (7 p.m. – #2: 3.2/ 6 at 7 p.m.; #3: 3.7/ 6 at 8 p.m.) led into two episodes of “Shades of Blue” (including the season finale), as follows:

“Shades of Blue”
9 p.m.: #3: 2.7/ 4, 10 p.m. #3, 2.8/ 5

And Fox featured an encore of “Bob’s Burgers” (#4: 0.8/ 1 at 7 p.m.), the season-finales of “Bob’s Burgers” (#4: 1.0/2 at 7:30 p.m.) and “The Simpsons” (#4: 1.3/ 2 at 8 p.m.), the series-finale of “Making History” (#4: 0.8/ 1), and two episodes, including the season finale, of “Family Guy” (9 p.m.: #4: 1.4/ 2 at 9 p.m.; #4: 1.5/ 2 at 9:30 p.m.).
What follows are the household overnight results for Sunday, May21:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (season finale): 2.6/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 5.9/11 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 3.2/ 6 (#2)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers” (R): 0.8/ 1 (#4)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (season finale): 3.0/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 6.3/12 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 3.1/ 6 (#2)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers” (season finale): 1.0/ 2 (#4)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Billboard Music Awards”: 4.9/ 9 (#2)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 5.6/10 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 3.6/ 6 (#3)
Fox – “The Simpsons” (season finale): 1.3/ 2 (#4)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Billboard Music Awards”: 4.9/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 5.3/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 3.8/ 6 (#3)
Fox – “Making History” (series finale): 0.8/ 1 (#4)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Billboard Music Awards”: 5.4/ 9 (#2)
CBS – “Madam Secretary” (season finale): 5.5/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “Shades of Blue”: 2.8/ 5 (#3)
Fox – “Family Guy”: 1.4/ 2 (#4)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Billboard Music Awards”: 5.7/ 9 (#1)
CBS – “Madam Secretary” (season finale): 5.1/ 8 (#2)
NBC – “Shades of Blue”: 2.6/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “Family Guy” (season finale): 1.5/ 2 (#4)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Billboard Music Awards”: 5.5/ 9 (#1)
CBS – “Elementary” (season finale): 3.1/ 5 (#2)
NBC – “Shades of Blue” (season finale): 2.8/ 5 (#3)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Billboard Music Awards”: 5.9/11 (#1)
CBS – “Elementary” (season finale): 2.8/ 5 (#2t)
NBC – “Shades of Blue” (season finale): 2.8/ 5 (#2t)

Source: Nielsen Media Research