Sunday Overnights: Mixed Results for Midseason Newbies

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SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2018

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 5.4/ 9, ABC: 3.9/ 7, NBC: 2.5/ 4, Fox: 1.3/ 2

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
ABC: +70, Fox: + 8, CBS: no change, NBC: -36

Ratings Breakdown:
Led by veteran “60 Minutes” (#1 for the night: 6.9 rating/13 share at 7 p.m.), CBS remains the network to beat in the Sunday overnights. ABC, meanwhile, should have no trouble dominating in adults 18-49 (and all the key demos) care of consistent “American Idol,” which scored a 5.0/ 8 in the household overnights from 8-10 p.m. But the bigger story is the mixed results among the recent entries.

CBS drama “Instinct” led the pack at a 5.1/ 8 (#1) in the 8 p.m. hour, which trailed year-ago time period occupant “NCIS: Los Angeles” (6.0/10 on 4/30/17) by 15 percent. But the audience skew, no doubt, will be considerably old and a lack of available time periods for new shows on the Eye net next season could hinder a second season renewal.

On ABC, drama “Deception” continues to squander the lead-in support from “American Idol,” which at a 2.3/ 4 (#2) in the 10 p.m. hour slipped by 55 percent from the 9:30 p.m. portion of “Idol” (5.1/ 8). And “Genius Junior” on NBC, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, scored a typically modest 2.2/ 3 from 9-10 p.m., which was 37 percent below diluted lead-in “Little Big Shots” (#3: 3.5/ 6 at 8 p.m.).

Elsewhere, sophomore drama “Timeless” on NBC (#3: 1.6/ 3 at 10 p.m.) has no shot at a third season. CBS’ already renewed “Madam Secretary” dominated the 10 p.m. hour with a 4.3/ 8 (which led out of a 5.2/ 8 for “NCIS: Los Angeles” at 9 p.m.).

Veteran “America’s Funniest Home Videos” finished second in the 7 p.m. hour, with a 3.2/ 6. And Fox’s combination of sitcoms – animated and first-run – was basically off the overnight charts.

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”: 3.2/ 6 (#2)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 6.8/13 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 2.7/ 5 (#3)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers” (R): 1.0/ 2 (#4)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos”: 3.3/ 6 (#2)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 7.1/13 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 2.8/ 5 (#3)
Fox – “Bob’s Burgers”: 1.2/ 2 (#4)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 4.9/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “Instinct”: 5.2/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “Little Big Shots”: 3.5/ 6 (#3)
Fox – “The Simpsons”: 1.6/ 3 (#4)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 4.8/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “Instinct”: 5.0/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Little Big Shots”: 3.6/ 6 (#3)
Fox – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”: 1.3/ 2 (#4)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 5.1/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans”: 5.2/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Genius Junior”: 2.4/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “Family Guy”: 1.4/ 2 (#4)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “American Idol”: 5.1/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “NCIS: New Orleans”: 5.3/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “Genius Junior”: 2.1/ 3 (#3)
Fox – “Last Man on Earth”: 1.2/ 2 (#4)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Deception”: 2.5/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Madam Secretary”: 4.5/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Timeless”: 1.7/ 3 (#3)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Deception”: 2.1/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Madam Secretary”: 4.2/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Timeless”: 1.6/ 3 (#3)

Source: Nielsen Media Research