Sunday Overnights: Clean Sweep for CBS

SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 2018

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 5.2/ 9, ABC: 3.6/ 6, NBC: 2.5/ 4, Fox: 1.1/ 2

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
ABC: +71, NBC: +40, Fox: +10. CBS: – 5

Ratings Breakdown:
It was a clean sweep for CBS in the household overnights in each of the eight half-hours care of its older-skewing combination of “60 Minutes” (#1 for the night: 6.6 rating/12 share at 7 p.m.), recent entry “Instinct” (5.0/ 8 at 8 p.m.), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (4.9/ 8 at 9 p.m.) and “Madam Secretary” (4.1/ 7 at 10 p.m.). But ABC is the network to beat in adults 18-49 (and all the key demos) thanks to “American Idol,” which was consistent at a 4.7/ 8 from 8-10 p.m. Given the hefty cost, the question remains if “Idol” is worth the investment.

Next on ABC was recent drama entry “Deception,” which dipped to a distant second-place 2.1/ 4 in the household overnights at 10 p.m. and has no chance of a second season. Earlier in the evening on the alphabet net was veteran “America’s Funniest Home Videos” at a second-place 3.1/ 6 in the 7 p.m. hour.

On NBC, “Little Big Shots” remains the net’s top-rated Sunday occupant, with a 3.7/ 6 (#3) from 8-9 p.m. While that was 42 percent above lead-in “Dateline” (#3: 2.6/ 5 at 7 p.m.), it was also 27 percent below the year-ago evening (5.1/ 9 on 4/23/17). Next on NBC was failing “Genius Junior,” hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, at a modest 2.2/ 3 (#3) in the 9 p.m. hour. And that led into sophomore “Timeless” at a 1.5/ 3 at 10 p.m. (#3), which was not worthy of this second season.

Fox was at typical Sunday overnight levels.

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Sunday, April 22 broken out by half-hour:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos”: 3.1/ 6 (#2)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 6.3/12 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 2.6/ 5 (#3)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers” (R): 0.6/ 1 (#4)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos”: 3.2/ 6 (#2)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 7.0/13 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 2.6/ 5 (#3)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers”: 1.0/ 2 (#4)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 4.6/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “Instinct”: 5.1/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “Little Big Shots”: 3.6/ 6 (#3)
Fox – “The Simpsons”: 1.4/ 2 (#4)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 4.6/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “Instinct”: 4.9/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Little Big Shots”: 3.8/ 6 (#3)
Fox – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”: 1.1/ 2 (#4)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 4.8/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans”: 5.0/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Genius Junior”: 2.4/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “Family Guy”: 1.3/ 2 (#4)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 4.7/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans”: 4.9/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Genius Junior”: 2.1/ 3 (#3)
Fox – “Last Man on Earth”: 1.0/ 2 (#4)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Deception”: 2.3/ 4 (#2)
CBS – “Madam Secretary”: 4.2/ 7 (#1)
NBC – “Timeless”: 1.7/ 3 (#3)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Deception”: 1.9/ 4 (#2)
CBS – “Madam Secretary”: 4.1/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Timeless”: 1.4/ 3 (#3)

Source: Nielsen Media Research