Sunday Ratings: ABC and CBS Share Sunday Dominance; Above Average ‘The Rookie’ on ABC

Sunday, May 1, 2022

Total Viewers:
CBS: 5.27 million; ABC: 5.19, NBC: 1.50, Fox: 817,000, CW: 175,000

Adults 18-49:
ABC: 0.7/ 6 share, CBS: 0.4/ 4, Fox: 0.3/ 2, NBC: 0.2/ 2, CW: 0.0/ 0

The one positive observation, of note, was ABC crime drama “The Rookie”, which rose to a season high 4.02 million viewers and a 0.5 rating/4 share in the Sunday 10 p.m. ET hour. This was the second part of a two-part backdoor pilot of “The Rookie” featuring Niecy Nash.

“The Rookie” led out of “American Idol”, which topped the night in adults 18-49 with a 0.8 rating/7 share (and 5.84 million viewers) from 8-10 p.m. Earlier in the evening on ABC was “America’s Funniest Home Videos” at 5.04 million viewers (#2) and a 0.7/ 7 in the demo at 7 p.m.

On CBS, “60 Minutes” led the night in total viewers, with 7.14 million (and a 0.4/ 4 in adults 18-49 at 7 p.m.). That led into two episodes of “NCIS: Los Angeles” (Viewers: #2, 5.71 million; A18-49: #2, 0.4/ 3 at 8 p.m.; Viewers: #2, 5.06 million; A18-49: #2, 0.4/ 3 at 9 p.m.), and “S.W.A.T.” (Viewers: #2, 3.78 million; A18-49: #2, 0.4/ 4 at 10 p.m.).

Elsewhere, NBC featured 2016 movie “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”, which scored a mere 1.47 million viewers (#3) and a 0.2/ 2 in adults 18-49 (#4) from 7-10 p.m. That led into game show “The Weakest Link”, which was buried in third place at 10 p.m. with 1.58 million viewers and a 0.2/ 2 in adults 18-49.

Fox scored a typical lackluster Sunday with its animated 8-10 p.m. block: “The Simpsons” (Viewers: #4, 970,000; A18-49: #3, 0.3/ 3 at 8 p.m.), “The Great North” (Viewers: #4, 731,000; A18-49: #2t, 0.2/ 2 at 8:30 p.m.), “Bob’s Burgers” (Viewers: #4, 1.01 million; A18-49: #3, 0.3/ 3 at 9 p.m.) and “Family Guy” (Viewers: #4, 1.01 million; A18-49: #2t, 0.4/ 3 at 9:30 p.m.). And The CW featured “Riverdale” (Viewers: #5, 197,000; A18-49: 0.0/ 0 at 8 p.m.) and two repeat episodes of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”

Source: Nielsen Media Research