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Sunday Ratings: CBS and ABC Share Modest Dominance

SUNDAY FAST AFFILIATE RATINGS

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Sunday 4/04/21 Preliminary Primetime Ratings  

Total Viewers:
CBS: 6.00 million; ABC: 4.59, NBC: 1.24, Fox: 774,000, CW: 402,000

Adults 18-49:
ABC: 0.6 rating/5 share, CBS: 0.5/ 4, NBC: 0.2/ 1, CW: 0.1/ 0

Granddaddy “60 Minutes” was the most-watched show of the evening with 7.27 million viewers (and a 0.5 rating/4 share in adults 18-49, which was tied with “America’s Funniest Home Videos” on ABC). That said, there was very little of positive note in the fast affiliate ratings on this first Sunday in April.

Tops for the night in adults 18-49 was ABC’s “American Idol”, with a 0.8/ 6 in the demo (and 5.31 million viewers) from 8-10 p.m. ET. Competing “The Equalizer” on CBS remained a competitive option in the 8 p.m. hour at 6.71 million viewers (#1) and a 0.6/ 5 (#2) in adults 18-49. That led into “NCIS: Los Angeles” (Viewers: #1, 5.46 million; A18-49: #2, 0.5/ 4) and soon-to-conclude “NCIS: New Orleans” (Viewers: #1, 4.55 million; A18-49: #2, 0.4/ 3) from 9-11 p.m.

At 10 p.m. on ABC was crime solver “The Rookie” at a typically modest 3.67 million viewers (#2) and a 0.5/ 4 (#1) in adults 18-49.

In the specials department (which was far from “special”, unfortunately) was Nat Geo documentary “Malika the Lion King”, narrated by Angela Bassett, on Fox at 910,000 viewers and a 0.2/ 1 in adults 18-49 from 8-10 p.m.

Elsewhere, NBC 8-10 p.m. combination of “Ellen’s Game of Games” (Viewers: #3, 1.65 million; A18-49: #3, 0.2/ 2) and “”Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” (Viewers: #3, 1.17 million; A18-49: #3, 0.2/ 2) barely registered. And NBC’s “Good Girls” at 10 p.m., and The CW were in repeats.

UPDATED 4/13/2021: What follows are the Live + Seven Day rating results for the night’s network telecasts on Sunday, April 4:

America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 4.502 million viewers, 0.61 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 4.867 million viewers, 0.69 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.365 million viewers (+8%), +0.08 adults 18-49 rating (+13%)

American Idol (ABC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 5.608 million viewers, 0.85 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 7.039 million viewers, 1.11 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +1.431 million viewers (+26%), +0.26 adults 18-49 rating (+30%)

The Rookie (ABC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 3.804 million viewers, 0.49 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 7.303 million viewers, 0.96 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +3.499 million viewers (+92%), +0.47 adults 18-49 rating (+95%)

60 Minutes (S) (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 7.658 million viewers, 0.54 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 8.169 million viewers, 0.58 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.511 million viewers (+7%), +0.05 adults 18-49 rating (+9%)

The Equalizer (S) (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 6.989 million viewers, 0.66 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 10.119 million viewers, 1.18 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +3.130 million viewers (+45%), +0.53 adults 18-49 rating (+80%)

NCIS: Los Angeles (S) (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 5.548 million viewers, 0.54 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 7.610 million viewers, 0.83 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +2.062 million viewers (+37%), +0.29 adults 18-49 rating (+53%)

NCIS: New Orleans (S) (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 4.630 million viewers, 0.45 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 7.105 million viewers, 0.80 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +2.475 million viewers (+53%), +0.35 adults 18-49 rating (+78%)

Ellen’s Game of Games (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 1.790 million viewers, 0.27 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 2.067 million viewers, 0.36 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.277 million viewers (+15%), +0.09 adults 18-49 rating (+33%)

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 1.176 million viewers, 0.23 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 1.941 million viewers, 0.44 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.765 million viewers (+65%), +0.21 adults 18-49 rating (+90%)

Bless the Harts (S) (Fox)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.452 million viewers, 0.11 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 0.597 million viewers, 0.19 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.145 million viewers (+32%), +0.08 adults 18-49 rating (+73%)

Malika the Lion Queen (S) (Fox)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.959 million viewers, 0.17 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 1.123 million viewers, 0.19 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.164 million viewers (+17%), +0.01 adults 18-49 rating (+8%)

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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