AMERICAN IDOL rebounded from last week’s low.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).
Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.
ABC: Without last week’s ACM Awards competition, AMERICAN IDOL improved by 0.2 to 1.5, but DECEPTION was down 0.1 from its last airing 2 weeks ago to 0.6. The night started with AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS, down 0.2 to 1.0.
NBC: DATELINE (0.6), LITTLE BIG SHOTS (0,8), GENIUS JR (0.6) and TIMELESS (0.5) were all steady.
CBS: 60 MINUTES fell 0.4 to 0.7. The rest of the line-up returned from its one-week break with INSTINCT down 0.3 to 0.6, NCIS: LA down 0.1 to 0.8, and MADAM SECRETARY steady at 0.6.
FOX: Following an 0.4 rerun, a new BOB’S BURGERS (0.8) and THE SIMPSONS (0.9) were each down 0.1. BROOKLYN NINE-NINE was at 0.8, compared to last week’s 0.8/0.7. FAMILY GUY returned from a week off at a steady 0.9. THE LAST MAN ON EARTH remained at 0.6.
There are season finales tonight for Lifetime’s UNREAL and AMC’s MCMAFIA. In addition, CBS has its latest CARPOOL KARAOKE special.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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