Prime Time TV Ratings Week March 22-28

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Viewers in millions

1. 60 Minutes CBS 9.2
2. The Equalizer CBS 7.4
3. The Voice (8pm) NBC 7.1
4. Blue Bloods CBS 6.4
5. American Idol (Sun) ABC 6.2

6. NCAA Basketball (7pm) CBS 5.9
7. America's Funniest Home Videos ABC 5.7
7. NCIS CBS 5.7
9. Magnum PI CBS 5.6
9. NCIS: Los Angeles CBS 5.6

11. Station 19 ABC 5.3
12. Masked Singer (Wed) Fox 5.2
12. This Is Us NBC 5.2
14. The Voice (9pm) NBC 5.1
15. Grey's Anatomy ABC 5.0

16. American Idol (Mon) ABC 4.9
16. NCIS: New Orleans CBS 4.9
18. FBI CBS 4.8
19. The Good Doctor ABC 4.3
19. MacGyver CBS 4.3

21. NCAA Basketball (9:38) CBS 4.2
22. To Tell the Truth ABC 4.1
23. New Amsterdam NBC 4.0
23. SEAL Team CBS 4.0
23. Shark Tank (Fri) ABC 4.0

23. Young Sheldon CBS 4.0
27. The Rookie ABC 3.9
28. NCAA Basketball (9:26) CBS 3.7
28. S.W.A.T. CBS 3.7
30. FBI: Most Wanted CBS 3.6

31. Chicago Med NBC 3.5
32. The Conners ABC 3.4
32. The Goldbergs ABC 3.4
34. Blacklist NBC 3.3
35. Tough As Nails CBS 3.2

36. A Million Little Things ABC 3.1
36. B Positive CBS 3.1
38. Chicago Fire NBC 3.0
38. Mom CBS 3.0
38. 20/20 ABC 3.0

41. Dateline (Fri) NBC 2.9
41. Game of Talents (Wed) Fox 2.9
41. Hell's Kitchen Fox 2.9
41. Young Rock NBC 2.9
45. American Housewife ABC 2.7

45. Chicago PD NBC 2.7
45. Debris NBC 2.7
45. Golf NBC 2.7
45. Superstore (8pm) NBC 2.7
50. 48 Hours CBS 2.6

50. Law & Order: SVU NBC 2.6
50. 9-1-1 Fox 2.6
53. Last Man Standing Fox 2.4
53. Superstore (8:30) NBC 2.4
55. Black-ish ABC 2.3

55. Bob Hearts Abishola CBS 2.3
55. Call Your Mother ABC 2.3
58. Friday Night Smackdown Fox 2.2
58. Kenan NBC 2.2
60. Call Me Kat Fox 2.1

61. America's Most Wanted Fox 2.0
61. Shark Tank (Sat) ABC 2.0
63. American Idol (Sat) ABC 1.9
63. Mixed-ish ABC 1.9
65. The Con ABC 1.7

65. Ellen's Game of Games (Sun 8pm) NBC 1.7
65. NAACP Image Awards CBS 1.7
68. SNL Prime NBC 1.6
69. Clarice CBS 1.5
69. World Figure Skating Championships NBC 1.5

71. Holmes Family Effect (8pm) Fox 1.4
71. Holmes Family Effect (9pm) Fox 1.4
71. Soul of a Nation ABC 1.4
74. Family Guy Fox 1.3
74. Good Girls NBC 1.3

76. The Simpsons Fox 1.2
76. Superman & Lois CW 1.2
76. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist NBC 1.2
79. Bob's Burgers Fox 1.1
79. Ellen's Game of Games (Sun 7:27) NBC 1.1

81. The Flash CW 1.0
82. Masked Singer (Sat) Fox 0.9
83. Game of Talents (Sat) Fox 0.8
83. Great North Fox 0.8
83. Harry and Meghan CW 0.8

86. Penn & Teller: Fool Us CW 0.7
86. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (8pm) CW 0.7
86. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (8:30) CW 0.7
89. Bless the Harts Fox 0.6
89. Cherries Wild Fox 0.6
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91. Bulletproof CW 0.5
91. Legacies CW 0.5
91. Riverdale CW 0.5
94. Batwoman CW 0.4
94. Nancy Drew CW 0.4

96. Black Lightning CW 0.3
96. Charmed CW 0.3


CW

1................…76. Superman & Lois CW 1.2
2................…81. The Flash CW 1.0
3...............……83. Harry and Meghan CW 0.8
4..............……86. Penn & Teller: Fool Us CW 0.7
4..............……86. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (8pm) CW 0.7

4..............……86. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (8:30) CW 0.7
7................……91. Bulletproof CW 0.5
7................……91. Legacies CW 0.5
7................……91. Riverdale CW 0.5
10...............……94. Batwoman CW 0.4

10..............……94. Nancy Drew CW 0.4
11................……96. Black Lightning CW 0.3
11...............……96. Charmed CW 0.3

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I was able to come here a day earlier than expected this week.

So I need to clarify some things. None of the Fox Sunday episodes are labelled as reruns except "Great North". This is especially bad for the first hour. I checked "Zoey's Mediocre Playlist" and it was not either. And it dragged down the Bad Girls. However, I have some encouraging news about that show. For the first time, I actually looked and it is yellow with young people, and close to the highest numbers with young people for all shows not on ABC or CBS. Zoey, however, does worse with young people than everything except the first "Ellen" and the two CW shows, which are not reruns.

I did not include the end of the basketball game on CBS, which ran over by a few minutes. However, golf ran over by close to 30 minutes and I included the numbers for the entire broadcast starting at 3:00.

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You can tell when the CBS Thursday comedies are reruns. All the green is higher up where the ABC shows are listed. Well, almost. "Hell's Kitchen" is green except with seniors and dark green except with women, who are naturally watching "Station 19" and "Grey's Anatomy". A reminder: "Smackdown" is dark green with young people. Some of these statistics are far from obvious when you look at total viewers, and yet they are more important in decided what gets renewed.

I had to search to find out what in the world the gibberish under The CW was. I finally found something with the names Harry and Meghan and decided to call it "Harry and Meghan". It sure didn't do well compared to "Walker" but did better than most CW shows. The Friday CW shows were reruns but that doesn't seem to hurt much for those.

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A few more observations.

"Superstore" didn't do all that well for a finale, though the site described its numbers as "workmanlike". I didn't look at the target audiences.

You can sure tell when the Chicago Wednesday is reruns. The only dark green was for "Masked Singer", though it was light green with men and seniors.

As bad as things are for "Riverdale" and "Nancy Drew", only "Call Your Mother" and "The Con" were red with young people.

"NCIS" is still dark green and dark green with seniors when it is a rerun, but "This Is Us" got all the other dark green (and a lighter green with seniors). It is yellow with men.

I'm sorry to say the CW superhero shows got a red with young people but "Soul of a Nation" got a darker red.

Almost done.

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And that's it.

"Debris" is falling, and a certain Fox show is NOT "America's Most Wanted".

"Black Lightning" was a rerun and below even The Charmed Ones when you see all the digits.

Back next week.