Prime Time TV Ratings Week March 1-7

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Viewers in millions

1. Oprah with Harry & Meghan CBS 17.8
2. 60 Minutes CBS 10.0
3. NCIS CBS 9.6
4. The Voice (Mon) NBC 7.9
5. Young Sheldon CBS 7.7

6. FBI CBS 7.4
7. 9-1-1 Fox 6.4
8. The Voice (Tue) NBC 6.4
9. Blue Bloods CBS 6.3
10. The Equalizer CBS 5.9

11. Celebrity Wheel of Fortune ABC 5.7
11. FBI: Most Wanted CBS 5.7
13. America's Funniest Home Videos ABC 5.6
13. Magnum, P.I. CBS 5.6
15. American Idol (Sun) ABC 5.3

15. Mom CBS 5.3
15. 9-1-1: Lone Star Fox 5.3
18. B Positive CBS 5.1
19. The Bachelor ABC 4.7
20. Shark Tank (Fri) ABC 4.6

21. MacGyver CBS 4.5
22. Debris (Mon) NBC 4.4
23. The Chase (9pm) ABC 4.3
24. New Amsterdam NBC 4.2
24. SEAL Team CBS 4.2

26. To Tell the Truth ABC 3.9
27. The Unicorn CBS 3.8
28. The Conners ABC 3.7
28. The Neighborhood CBS 3.7
30. The Resident Fox 3.6

30. S.W.A.T. CBS 3.6
32. Chicago Med NBC 3.5
32. Clarice CBS 3.5
32. The Goldbergs ABC 3.5
32. Tough As Nails CBS 3.5

32. 20/20 ABC 3.5
37. Bob Hearts Abishola CBS 3.4
37. The Chase (10pm) ABC 3.4
39. Blacklist NBC 3.2
39. Young Rock (Tue) NBC 3.2

41. Bull CBS 3.0
41. Chicago Fire NBC 3.0
41. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ABC 3.0
44. Chicago PD NBC 2.8
44. Name That Tune (Wed 9pm) Fox 2.8

46. American Housewife ABC 2.7
46. Dateline (Thu) NBC 2.7
46. Dateline (Fri) NBC 2.7
46. 48 Hours CBS 2.7
50. Hell's Kitchen Fox 2.6

50. Name That Tune (Wed 8pm) Fox 2.6
52. Crimetime (8pm) CBS 2.5
52. Last Man Standing Fox 2.5
54. Call Your Mother ABC 2.4
54. Kenan NBC 2.4

56. Friday Night Smackdown Fox 2.3
56. Superstore NBC 2.3
58. All Rise CBS 2.2
58. Black-ish ABC 2.2
58. Crimetime (9pm) CBS 2.2

61. Law & Order: SVU NBC 2.1
61. The Voice (Sun) NBC 2.1
63. Call Me Kat Fox 2.0
64. The Good Doctor ABC 1.9
64. Prodigal Son Fox 1.9

64. Soul of a Nation ABC 1.9
67. The Con ABC 1.8
67. SNL Prime NBC 1.8
67. The Voice (Sat) NBC 1.8

71. Good Girls NBC 1.7
71. Mixed-ish ABC 1.7
71. Shark Tank (Sat) ABC 1.7
74. American Idol (Sat) ABC 1.6
74. Debris (Sat) NBC 1.6

76. Ellen's Game of Games (Sun) NBC 1.5
77. Cherries Wild Fox 1.4
77. The Simpsons Fox 1.4
77. Young Rock (Thu) NBC 1.4
80. Superman & Lois CW 1.3

81. Bob's Burgers Fox 1.2
81. Family Guy Fox 1.2
83. The Flash CW 1.0
83. Great North Fox 1.0
83. Name That Tune (Sat) Fox 1.0

85. Bless the Harts Fox 0.9
85. 9-1-1 (Sat) Fox 0.9
88. Walker CW 0.8
88. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (8:30) CW 0.8
90. All American CW 0.7

90. Penn & Teller: Fool Us CW 0.7
90. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (8pm) CW 0.7
93. Black Lightning CW 0.4
93. Critics' Choice Awards CW 0.4
95. Legacies CW 0.3

95. Riverdale CW 0.3
97. Nancy Drew CW 0.2

CW

1................…80. Superman & Lois CW 1.3
2................…83. The Flash CW 1.0
3...............……88. Walker CW 0.8
3..............……88. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (8:30) CW 0.8
5..............……90. All American CW 0.7

5..............……90. Penn & Teller: Fool Us CW 0.7
5..............……90. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (8pm) CW 0.7
8................……93. Black Lightning CW 0.4
8...............……93. Critics' Choice Awards CW 0.4
10...............……95. Legacies CW 0.3

10...............……95. Riverdale CW 0.3
12...............……97. Nancy Drew CW 0.2

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I'm finally here. It has been a busy week. Next week might be better.

So we knew the interview with the former royals would dominate the night. Interesting item of trivia: while no show was dark green with men, the interview did get the lightest shade of green possible, which was actually the highest anyone scored with men.

The Critics' Choice didn't win any awards, and the situation is worse than it looks.

No, the Bad Girls didn't get such a low number because it was a rerun, because it wasn't.

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I did three days at once because I did that by mistake with the last three days last week and the computer froze. Either way I was taking a chance.

The "Name That Tune" strategy is obviously working. I wondered two weeks ago why they would do two new ones the same night. I noticed quickly that with young people they were dark green, and they did almost as well with the target audience. "SEAL Team" did the same with seniors and overall.

"Smackdown" gets green numbers with young people and it turns out "Hell's Kitchen" gets a light green. "Call Me Kat", though, has fallen below a certain level.

"Nancy Drew" has never done so poorly but it was a rerun. "Riverdale" didn't do much better for the same reason.

CBS Fridays used to do so much better but two of the three shows are doing reasonably well.

"Whose Line" has gone back to "normal" with the second episode doing better than the first, also a rerun this week.

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Now I just have to add the rankings.

I really thought "The Flash" would do better, but at least it got an orange with young people, while "Soul of a Nation" got a red. Normally, everything on The CW gets a red all the way across. And "Superman" didn't exactly save the day but it's not doing quite as poorly as other CW shows. Interestingly, "Walker" got excellent numbers for a rerun.

NBC changed medical shows and did much better. But "The Voice" got amazing numbers as usual.

And of course "NCIS" had a new episode and outscored pretty much everyone. Tuesday's entire CBS lineup was new. Monday's obviously was not.

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A couple of additional comments. "Mixed-ish" was NOT a rerun. And "Call Me Kat" did drop below the line when you see three digits beyond the decimal as I do. But I round it, so it hasn't actually done it for a new episode.

And I'm sure NBC wishes Chicago Wednesday could be all new each week. Wow.

I may be here Tuesday next week.