Prime Time TV Ratings Week April 12-18

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Viewers in millions

1. 60 Minutes CBS 8.5
2. Young Sheldon CBS 7.4
3. Blue Bloods CBS 6.8
4. ACM Awards CBS 6.3
5. The Voice NBC 5.8

6. Magnum PI CBS 5.6
6. NCIS CBS 5.6
8. American Idol (Mon) ABC 5.4
8. American Idol (Sun) ABC 5.4
8. Mom CBS 5.4

8. United States of Al (Thu) CBS 5.4
12. Masked Singer Fox 5.2
13. Bull CBS 5.1
13. Station 19 ABC 5.1
15. Grey's Anatomy ABC 5.0

15. The Neighborhood CBS 5.0
17. This Is Us NBC 4.8
18. Bob Hearts Abishola CBS 4.7
18. Law & Order: SVU (Thu) NBC 4.7
20. Law & Order: Organized Crime (Thu) NBC 4.4

21. FBI CBS 4.3
21. MacGyver CBS 4.3
23. B Positive CBS 4.1
23. Shark Tank ABC 4.1
25. Chicago Fire NBC 4.0

26. All Rise CBS 3.9
26. The Conners ABC 3.9
28. The Rookie ABC 3.8
29. Chicago Med NBC 3.6
29. Rebel (Thu) ABC 3.6

31. Blacklist NBC 3.5
31. The Resident Fox 3.5
31. 20/20 ABC 3.5
34. Big Sky ABC 3.4
34. FBI: Most Wanted CBS 3.4

34. New Amsterdam NBC 3.4
37. Chicago PD NBC 3.3
37. The Goldbergs ABC 3.3
37. Manifest NBC 3.3
37. Tough As Nails CBS 3.3

41. Home Economics (Wed) ABC 2.9
42. Dateline (Fri) NBC 2.8
42. Hell's Kitchen Fox 2.8
42. Young Rock NBC 2.8
45. Call Your Mother ABC 2.7

46. Debris NBC 2.6
46. Game of Talents Fox 2.6
46. A Million Little Things ABC 2.6
49. Last Man Standing Fox 2.5
49. NBA ABC 2.5

49. Pooch Perfect ABC 2.5
52. 48 Hours CBS 2.4
53. Crimetime (9pm) CBS 2.3
54. Crimetime (8pm) CBS 2.2
54. Rebel (Mon) ABC 2.2

56. Friday Night Smackdown Fox 2.1
56. Kenan NBC 2.1
58. 9-1-1 Fox 2.0
58. Prodigal Son Fox 2.0
60. Home Economics (Sun 7pm) ABC 1.9

60. SNL Prime NBC 1.9
60. United States of Al (Wed 9pm) CBS 1.9
63. Clarice CBS 1.7
63. S.W.A.T. CBS 1.7
63. United States of Al (Wed 9:30) CBS 1.7

65. America's Most Wanted Fox 1.5
66. Good Girls NBC 1.5
66. Home Economics (Sun 7:30) ABC 1.5
66. Law & Order: Organized Crime (Sat) NBC 1.5
70. Law & Order: SVU (Sat) NBC 1.5

71. Kung Fu CW 1.4
71. NBA Countdown ABC 1.4
71. Roll Up Your Sleeves NBC 1.4
74. Ellen's Game of Games (Sun) NBC 1.3
74. The Simpsons (8pm) Fox 1.3

76. Family Guy Fox 1.2
76. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist NBC 1.2
78. Bob's Burgers Fox 1.1
78. The Moodys Fox 1.1
78. Walker CW 1.1

81. The Simpsons (7pm) Fox 1.0
82. Bless the Harts Fox 0.9
82. The Flash CW 0.9
82. Great North Fox 0.9
85. PBC Fight Night Fox 0.8

85. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (8pm) CW 0.8
87. All American CW 0.7
87. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (8:30) CW 0.7
89. Batwoman CW 0.6
89. Nancy Drew CW 0.6

89. Penn & Teller: Fool Us CW 0.6
89. Supergirl CW 0.6
93. Legacies CW 0.5
94. Black Lightning CW 0.4
94. Charmed CW 0.4

CW

1..............…….71. Kung Fu CW 1.4
2..............……78. Walker CW 1.1
3................…82. The Flash CW 0.9
4..............……85. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (8pm) CW 0.8
5................……87. All American CW 0.7

5..............……87. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (8:30) CW 0.7
7................……89. Batwoman CW 0.6
7...............……89. Nancy Drew CW 0.6
7..............……89. Penn & Teller: Fool Us CW 0.6
7................…89. Supergirl CW 0.6

11...............……93. Legacies CW 0.5
12...............……94. Black Lightning CW 0.4
12...............……94. Charmed CW 0.4

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A couple of observations. The NBA doesn't look like it's doing well until you see that it gets a dark green with target audiences.

Three minutes of a sports event? Nope. "PBC Fight Night" began at 8:03 and that's all for Fox on Saturday.

Most of the low-rated shows got a slight improvement on Sunday, but NBC must be wishing for football season right now. "Ellen" even got a red with young people. And Zoey's playlist continues its downhill slide.

ABC would have done much better with a rerun of "AFV" so I don't get the logic.

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I have mentioned that "Smackdown" gets dark green with target audiences but for two of the past three weeks it has been light green. The Sharks have delivered a smackdown.

No reason why The CW's shows lost some viewers this past Friday, but it happened.

"The Moodys" at least gets more viewers than "Walker" for the second week. "Walker" moved up slightly.

"Sheldon" and the other CBS shows move up except for "Clarice", which as a rerun ended up in the red zone with young people.

I forgot to mention "Batwoman", despite its low numbers, got a yellow with young people. "Manifest", on the other hand, is experiencing turbulence as it moves into orange.

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Really bad idea putting reruns of "United States of Al" on Wednesdays. Red everywhere. It's like The CW. And "S.W.A.T." needed to call in the S.W.A.T. team but of course it was a rerun too. Normally things aren't that bad.

The CW benefitted as both CW shows were orange with young people. "Kung Fu" continues ... what is the technical term for defeating your opponent in Chinese martial arts? Even "Nancy" got a boost. However, on Tuesday, with both CW shows down, only "The Flash" scored orange. Supergirl remains in The Phantom Zone.

With Chicago Wednesday doing reruns again, The only dark green on Wednesdays, with target audiences, was for "The Masked Singer".

Only "This Is Us" got dark green on Tuesday, except of course with seniors where "NCIS", even with a rerun, was dark green.

Bad dog!

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"All American" gave The CW a slight improvement over previous weeks. I had to check to see if "Black Lightning" was a rerun. It said no. So he too must be in The Phantom Zone.

"America's Least Wanted" needs "9-1-1" to stop doing reruns. Look what a new episode did for "The Resident".

"Debris" hit the ground and bounced.

Hopefully, I can be here next Tuesday. Didn't work out this week.