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Sunday Ratings: NBC Reality Dating Series ‘The Courtship’ Plunges to Historically Low Opening Ratings

Sunday Fast Affiliate Ratings

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SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 2022
Fast Affiliate Data (time period based)

Total Viewers: 
CBS: 5.99 million, ABC: 5.53, Fox: 1.73, NBC: 1.60, CW: 200,000

Adults 18-49:
ABC: 0.8 rating/7 share, CBS: 0.5/ 4, Fox: 0.4/ 3, NBC: 0.2/ 2, CW: 0.1/ 0

NBC was left at the starting date as a result of the debut of reality dating series “The Courtship”, which scored what has to be an historical low for any regularly scheduled series in the Sunday 8 p.m. ET time period — 916,000 viewers (#4) and a 0.2 rating/1 share in adults 18-49 (#4). Thump! That led into news special “Bill Barr: In the Eye of the Storm”, moderated by Lester Holt, at 2.20 million viewers (#3) and a 0.2/ 1 in the demo (#4) at 9 p.m.

At 10 p.m., NBC featured the season two premiere of Canadian medical drama “Transplant” at a mere 1.26 million viewers (#3) and a 0.1/ 1 in adults 18-49 (#3). The moral of the story: NBC is sorely missing Sunday Night Football!

Granddaddy “60 Minutes” on CBS topped the night in total viewers, with 7.79 million viewers at 7 p.m. ET (with a 0.6/ 5 – #2 – in the demo). And that led into the perfectly compatible “The Equalizer”, starring Queen Latifah, at 6.92 million viewers (#1) and a 0.6/ 4 (#2) in adults 18-49 at 8 p.m.

Rounding off this first Sunday in March on CBS were crime dramas “NCIS: Los Angeles” (Viewers: #2, 5.36 million; A18-49: #2, 0.5/ 4 at 9 p.m.) and “S.W.A.T.” (Viewers: #1, 3.89 million; A18-49: #1t, 0.5/ 4 at 10 p.m.). 

Leading the evening in adults 18-49 was ABC’s “American Idol” at 6.32 million viewers (#1) and a 1.0/ 8 in the demo from 8-10 p.m. That led out of veteran “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (Viewers: #2, 5.63 million; A18-49: #1, 0.8/ 6 at 7 p.m.) and into crime solver “The Rookie” (Viewers: #1, 3.85 million; A18-49: #1t, 0.5/ 4 at 10 p.m.).

Elsewhere, Fox had nothing usual to report with its diluted Sunday 8-10 p.m. ET animation block as follows:

Sunday/Fox
8:00 p.m. “The Simpsons”
Viewers: 1.46 million (#3); A18-49: 0.4/ 3 (#3)
 
8:30 p.m. “The Great North”
Viewers: 1.05 million (#3); A18-49: 0.3/ 2 (#3)

9:00 p.m. “Bob’s Burgers”
Viewers: 1.13 million (#4); A18-49: 0.3/ 2 (#3)

9:30 p.m. “Family Guy”
Viewers: 1.27 million (#4); A18-49: 0.4/ 3 (#3)
 
And The CW featured virtually invisible docuseries “March” (Viewers: #5, 146,000; A18-49: 0.0/ 0 at 9 p.m.) out of an encore telecast of “All American: Homecoming.”
 UPDATED 3/15/2022: What follows are the Live + Seven Day rating results for the night’s network telecasts on Sunday, March 6:

America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 5.907 million viewers, 0.85 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 6.125 million viewers, 0.88 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 6.261 million viewers, 0.91 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.354 million viewers (+6%), +0.06 adults 18-49 rating (+7%)

American Idol (ABC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 6.573 million viewers, 1.06 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 7.771 million viewers, 1.30 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 8.123 million viewers, 1.35 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +1.550 million viewers (+24%), +0.29 adults 18-49 rating (+28%)

The Rookie (ABC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 3.875 million viewers, 0.51 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 6.498 million viewers, 0.82 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 7.090 million viewers, 0.89 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +3.215 million viewers (+83%), +0.38 adults 18-49 rating (+75%)

60 Minutes (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 7.993 million viewers, 0.62 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 8.395 million viewers, 0.67 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 8.495 million viewers, 0.68 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.502 million viewers (+6%), +0.06 adults 18-49 rating (+10%)

The Equalizer (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 7.131 million viewers, 0.60 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 8.937 million viewers, 0.82 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 9.669 million viewers, 0.89 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +2.538 million viewers (+36%), +0.29 adults 18-49 rating (+48%)

NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 5.445 million viewers, 0.51 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 7.079 million viewers, 0.67 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 7.520 million viewers, 0.75 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +2.075 million viewers (+38%), +0.25 adults 18-49 rating (+49%)

S.W.A.T. (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 4.005 million viewers, 0.51 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 5.886 million viewers, 0.79 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 6.461 million viewers, 0.89 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +2.456 million viewers (+61%), +0.37 adults 18-49 rating (+73%)

The Courtship (P) (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.988 million viewers, 0.16 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 1.068 million viewers, 0.17 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 1.099 million viewers, 0.18 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.111 million viewers (+11%), +0.02 adults 18-49 rating (+15%)

NBC News Special 3/6 (S) (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 2.350 million viewers, 0.20 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 2.607 million viewers, 0.23 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 2.638 million viewers, 0.23 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.288 million viewers (+12%), +0.03 adults 18-49 rating (+13%)

Transplant (P) (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 1.293 million viewers, 0.13 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 2.246 million viewers, 0.22 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 2.545 million viewers, 0.25 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +1.252 million viewers (+97%), +0.12 adults 18-49 rating (+92%)

Fox NASCAR Cup Series Winners Circle (D) (Fox)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 3.611 million viewers, 0.65 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 3.616 million viewers, 0.65 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 3.616 million viewers, 0.65 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.005 million viewers (+0%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+0%)

Fox NASCAR Cup Series Post Race (Fox)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 2.655 million viewers, 0.51 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 2.669 million viewers, 0.52 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 2.672 million viewers, 0.52 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.017 million viewers (+1%), +0.01 adults 18-49 rating (+1%)

The Simpsons (Fox)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 1.532 million viewers, 0.42 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 1.675 million viewers, 0.49 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 1.726 million viewers, 0.50 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.194 million viewers (+13%), +0.08 adults 18-49 rating (+18%)

The Great North (Fox)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 1.083 million viewers, 0.30 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 1.176 million viewers, 0.33 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 1.195 million viewers, 0.34 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.112 million viewers (+10%), +0.04 adults 18-49 rating (+14%)

Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 1.150 million viewers, 0.34 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 1.400 million viewers, 0.48 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 1.469 million viewers, 0.51 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.319 million viewers (+28%), +0.18 adults 18-49 rating (+53%)

Family Guy (Fox)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 1.307 million viewers, 0.41 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 1.671 million viewers, 0.58 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 1.758 million viewers, 0.62 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.451 million viewers (+35%), +0.21 adults 18-49 rating (+50%)

March (CW)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.142 million viewers, 0.03 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.150 million viewers, 0.04 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 0.162 million viewers, 0.04 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.020 million viewers (+14%), +0.01 adults 18-49 rating (+19%)

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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