Sunday Overnights: Modest Return for the Final Season of ‘Shades of Blue’ on NBC

SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 2018

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 3.2/ 6, ABC: 3.0/ 6, NBC: 2.6/ 5, Fox: 1.2/ 2

Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening
NBC: +53, CBS: + 3, ABC: – 6, Fox: -61

Ratings Breakdown:
CBS topped this typically quiet Sunday in the household overnights, besting No. ABC by seven percent in households. But ABC, the home of “Celebrity Family Feud” (#1: 3.9 rating/8 share at 8 p.m.) and “The $100,000 Pyramid” (#1: 3.3/ 6 at 9 p.m.), will have no trouble dominating the evening in adults 18-49 (and all the key young adult demo groups).

In season-premiere news, the third (and final) season of NBC crime solver “Shades of Blue,” starring Jennifer Lopez and Ray Liotta, returned with a modest 2.6/ 5 at 10 p.m., which was still enough to win the hour in the household overnights.

Also original last night was science-themed “One Strange Rock” on Fox (#4: 1.4/ 3 at 7 p.m.), freshman CBS drama “Instinct” (#2: 3.8/ 8 at 8 p.m.), which will return in 2018-19 in midseason, “To Tell the Truth” on ABC (#2: 2.5/ 5 at 10 p.m.), and other burn of episode of Fox sitcom “Ghosted” (#4: 1.0/ 2 at 9:30 p.m.). The remainder of the evening was repeats.

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Sunday, June 17 broken out by half-hour:

7:00 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (R): 2.2/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes” (R): 4.7/10 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 2.7/ 6 (#2)
Fox – “One Strange Rock”: 1.6/ 4 (#4)

7:30 p.m.
ABC – “America’s Funniest Home Videos”: 2.3/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “60 Minutes”: 5.1/11 (#1)
NBC – “Dateline”: 2.8/ 6 (#2)
Fox – “One Strange Rock”: 1.2/ 3 (#4)

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud”: 3.8/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “Instinct”: 4.0/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent” (R): 2.3/ 5 (#3)
Fox – “The Simpsons” (R): 1.1/ 2 (#4)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Celebrity Family Feud”: 4.0/ 8 (#1)
CBS – “Instinct”: 3.7/ 7 (#2)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent” (R): 2.5/ 5 (#3)
Fox – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (R): 1.0/ 2 (#4)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “The $100,000 Pyramid”: 3.4/ 6 (#1)
CBS – “SEAL Team” (R): 2.1/ 4 (#3)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent” (R): 2.7/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “Family Guy” (R): 1.1/ 2 (#4)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The $100,000 Pyramid”: 3.2/ 6 (#1)
CBS – “SEAL Team” (R): 2.0/ 4 (#3)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent” (R): 2.9/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “Ghosted”: 1.0/ 2 (#4)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “To Tell the Truth” (season premiere): 2.6/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (R): 2.2/ 4 (#3)
NBC – “Shades of Blue” (season premiere): 2.7/ 5 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “To Tell the Truth” (season premiere): 2.4/ 5 (#2t)
CBS – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (R): 2.2/ 4 (#3)
NBC – “Shades of Blue” (season premiere): 2.4/ 5 (#2t)

Source: Nielsen Media Research