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Sunday Ratings: ‘American Idol’ Season-Ender Leads ABC to Victory

Sunday Fast Affiliate and Final Ratings

© by ABC

Sunday 05/21/23
Fast Affiliate Data 

Note: The CW was in repeats.

-Total Viewers:
ABC: 5.40 million, CBS: 5.32, NBC: 1.92, Fox: 587,000, CW: 189,000

-Adults 18-49:
ABC: 0.6 rating/6 share, CBS: 0.4/ 4, NBC: 0.2/ 2, Fox: 0.1/ 1, CW: 0.0/ 0

ABC
7:00 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (season finale)
Viewers: 4.33 million (#2), A18-49: 0.4 rating/5 share (#1t)

8:00 p.m. “American Idol” (season finale, three hours)
Viewers: 5.75 million (#1), A18-49: 0.7/ 6 (#1)

CBS
7:00 p.m. “60 Minutes”
Viewers: 6.78 million (#1 for the night), A18-49: 0.4/ 5 (#1t)

8:00 p.m. “The Equalizer” (season finale)
Viewers: 6.15 million (#1), A18-49: 0.4/ 4 (#2)

9:00 p.m. “NCIS: Los Angeles” (series finale)
Viewers: 5.04 million (#2), A18-49: 0.3/ 3 (#2)

10:00 p.m. A Salute to “NCIS: Los Angeles” (season finale)
Viewers: 3.41 million (#2), A18-49: 0.3/ 3 (#1t)

NBC
7:00 p.m. “Dateline” (two hours)
Viewers: 2.33 million (#3), A18-49: 0.2/ 2 (#3)

9:00 p.m. “Magnum P.I.” (R)
Viewers: 1.48 million (#3), A18-49: 0.1/ 1 (#4)

10:00 p.m. “The Blacklist”
Viewers: 1.52 million (#3), A18-49: 0.1/ 1 (#3)

Fox
Fox aired repeats of “The Simpsons” and “Bob’s Burgers” from 7-8 p.m. ET.

8:00 p.m. “The Simpsons”
Viewers: 826,000 (#4), A18-49: 0.2/ 2 (#4)

8:30 p.m. “The Great North”
Viewers: 628,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.2/ 2 (#t)

9:00 p.m. “Bob’s Burgers”
Viewers: 717,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.2/ 2 (#3)

9:30 p.m. “HouseBroken” (R)
Viewers: 536,000 (#4), A18-49: 0.1/ 1 (#3t)

UPDATED 5/26/2023: What follows are the Live + Three Day rating results for the night’s network telecasts on Sunday, May 21:

America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 3.866 million viewers, 0.39 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 4.056 million viewers, 0.42 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.190 million viewers (+5%), +0.03 adults 18-49 rating (+8%)

American Idol (ABC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 6.617 million viewers, 0.83 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 7.710 million viewers, 1.05 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +1.093 million viewers (+17%), +0.22 adults 18-49 rating (+27%)

60 Minutes (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 7.040 million viewers, 0.49 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 7.417 million viewers, 0.51 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.377 million viewers (+5%), +0.02 adults 18-49 rating (+4%)

The Equalizer (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 6.283 million viewers, 0.48 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 7.575 million viewers, 0.60 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +1.292 million viewers (+21%), +0.13 adults 18-49 rating (+27%)

NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 5.245 million viewers, 0.37 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 6.653 million viewers, 0.51 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +1.408 million viewers (+27%), +0.14 adults 18-49 rating (+37%)

Salute to NCIS: Los Angeles (S) (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 3.446 million viewers, 0.27 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 3.878 million viewers, 0.30 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.432 million viewers (+13%), +0.03 adults 18-49 rating (+10%)

Dateline Classic (R) (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 2.376 million viewers, 0.23 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 2.561 million viewers, 0.24 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.185 million viewers (+8%), +0.01 adults 18-49 rating (+5%)

Magnum P.I. (R) (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 1.532 million viewers, 0.15 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 1.606 million viewers, 0.16 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.074 million viewers (+5%), +0.01 adults 18-49 rating (+6%)

The Blacklist (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 1.546 million viewers, 0.15 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 3.054 million viewers, 0.29 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +1.508 million viewers (+98%), +0.14 adults 18-49 rating (+92%)

USFL on Fox Post Gun (Fox)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.595 million viewers, 0.08 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.597 million viewers, 0.08 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.002 million viewers (+0%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+1%)

The Simpsons (R) (Fox, 7:00)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.449 million viewers, 0.09 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.453 million viewers, 0.09 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.004 million viewers (+1%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+1%)

Bob’s Burgers (R) (Fox, 7:30)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.422 million viewers, 0.12 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.432 million viewers, 0.13 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.010 million viewers (+2%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+2%)

The Simpsons (Fox)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.870 million viewers, 0.23 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 1.089 million viewers, 0.30 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.219 million viewers (+25%), +0.07 adults 18-49 rating (+30%)

The Great North (Fox)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.651 million viewers, 0.17 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.728 million viewers, 0.18 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.077 million viewers (+12%), +0.01 adults 18-49 rating (+6%)

Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.724 million viewers, 0.19 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.907 million viewers, 0.27 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.183 million viewers (+25%), +0.08 adults 18-49 rating (+42%)

Housebroken (Fox)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.536 million viewers, 0.11 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.598 million viewers, 0.13 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.062 million viewers (+12%), +0.02 adults 18-49 rating (+14%)

100 Days to Indy (R) (CW)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.154 million viewers, 0.02 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.154 million viewers, 0.02 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.000 million viewers (+0%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+0%)

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) (CW)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.248 million viewers, 0.03 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.250 million viewers, 0.03 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.002 million viewers (+1%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+0%)

The Great American Joke Off (R) (CW)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.194 million viewers, 0.03 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.195 million viewers, 0.03 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.001 million viewers (+1%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+0%)

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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