Prime Time TV Ratings Week March 13-19

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Viewers in millions

1. 60 Minutes CBS 8.0
2. NCIS CBS 7.6
3. Equalizer CBS 7.0
4. NCAA Basketball Playoffs (Sat 8:03) CBS 6.8
5. Chicago Fire NBC 6.7

5. NCAA Basketball Playoffs (Sat 8:20) CBS 6.7
7. American Idol ABC 6.6
8. Chicago Med NBC 6.3
9. The Neighborhood CBS 5.8
10. Bob Hearts Abishola CBS 5.7

11. NCAA Basketball Playoffs (Thu 7pm) CBS 5.5
12. Chicago PD NBC 5.3
12. NCIS: Los Angeles CBS 5.3
14. America's Funniest Home Videos ABC 5.1
14. NCIS: Hawaii CBS 5.1

14. Survivor CBS 5.1
17. NCAA Basketball Playoffs (Fri 9:28) CBS 5.0
18. The Bachelor (Tue) ABC 4.7
18. FBI (Tue) CBS 4.7
18. Law & Order: SVU (Thu) NBC 4.7

21. The Bachelor (Mon) ABC 4.6
21. 9-1-1: Lone Star Fox 4.6
23. Law & Order NBC 4.5
24. Station 19 ABC 4.2
24. This Is Us NBC 4.2

24. NCAA Basketball Playoffs (Thu 9:48) CBS 4.2
27. S.W.A.T. CBS 4.1
28. The Masked Singer (Wed) Fox 4.0
28. NASCAR Fox 4.0
30. The Good Doctor ABC 3.7

31. FBI: International CBS 3.6
31. Grey's Anatomy ABC 3.6
33. FBI: Most Wanted CBS 3.5
33. NCAA Basketball Playoffs (Fri 7pm) CBS 3.5
35. Law & Order: Organized Crime NBC 3.4

35. Shark Tank ABC 3.4
36. The Rookie ABC 3.3
37. America's Got Talent Extreme NBC 3.1
37. NCAA Basketball Playoffs (Fri 9:11) CBS 3.1
40. NCAA Basketball Playoffs (Thu 10:08) CBS 3.0

41. The Conners ABC 2.9
41. Dateline (Fri) NBC 2.9
43. The Cleaning Lady (Mon) Fox 2.8
43. The Goldbergs ABC 2.8
45. Beyond the Edge CBS 2.6

45. Blacklist NBC 2.6
45. Young Rock NBC 2.6
48. Big Sky ABC 2.4
48. The Thing about Pam NBC 2.4
48. 20/20 ABC 2.4

51. Dateline (Sat) NBC 2.1
51. Masterchef Junior Fox 2.1
51. WWE Friday Night Smackdown Fox 2.1
54. Endgame (Mon) NBC 2.0
54. FBI (Wed) CBS 2.0

54. Mr. Mayor NBC 2.0
54. Wonder Years ABC 2.0
58. Call Me Kat (Thu) Fox 1.9
58. A Million Little Things ABC 1.9
60. Home Economics ABC 1.8

60. SNL Prime NBC 1.8
62. Domino Masters Fox 1.7
62. 9-1-1 Fox 1.7
64. America's Got Talent Extreme (Sun) NBC 1.6
65. Abbott Elementary (10pm) ABC 1.5

65. The Resident Fox 1.5
65. The Weakest Link NBC 1.5
68. Law & Order: SVU (Sat) NBC 1.3
68. The Masked Singer (Tue) Fox 1.3
70. Abbott Elementary (10:30) ABC 1.2

70. NHL Pre-Game ABC 1.2
70. Transplant NBC 1.2
73. Critics Choice Awards CW 1.1
73. The Simpsons (7:15) Fox 1.1
73. The Simpsons (8pm) Fox 1.1

76. Family Guy Fox 1.0
76. Welcome to Flatch Fox 1.0
78. Bob's Burgers Fox 0.9
78. NHL ABC 0.9
80. Great North Fox 0.8

81. All American CW 0.7
81. Call Me Kat (Sun) Fox 0.7
81. The Cleaning Lady (Sat) Fox 0.7
84. The Courtship NBC 0.6
84. The Flash CW 0.6

86. Charmed CW 0.5
86. Great Chocolate Showdown CW 0.5
86. Kung Fu CW 0.5
86. Superman & Lois CW 0.5
86. Walker CW 0.5

86. World's Funniest Animals CW 0.5
92. All American Homecoming CW 0.4
93. Dynasty CW 0.3
93. Naomi CW 0.3
95. Legacies CW 0.2


CW

1...................……73. Critics Choice Awards CW 1.1
2...................……81. All American CW 0.7
3...................……84. The Flash CW 0.6
4....................……86. Charmed CW 0.5
4...................……86. Great Chocolate Showdown CW 0.5

4...................……86. Kung Fu CW 0.5
4.....................……86. Superman & Lois CW 0.5
4...................……86. Walker CW 0.5
4...................…….86. World's Funniest Animals CW 0.5
10...................……92. All American Homecoming CW 0.4

11....................……93. Dynasty CW 0.3
11...................……93. Naomi CW 0.3
13...................……95. Legacies CW 0.2

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A couple of notes.

Some of the basketball games do not start in prime time. One ended 3 minutes into prime time but I didn't list it, though it did quite well in the hours before prime time. And the ones that took place mainly in prime time are shown with numbers for the entire game.

I thought ABC was crazy not staying with basketball which at least does better than hockey, but college basketball does better than the NBA and people wanting to watch basketball will watch the other games.

The CW made a slight improvement on Friday.

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The college basketball games, in some cases, do much better with target audiences than the total numbers would indicate.

"Domino Masters" seems like a strange concept but I guess people like watching them fall and there is art that results. Young people are watching it.

I guess the macho types watching "Walker" are watching basketball so it's time for reruns. The logic, then, is women are watching the CW Friday shows (new) but then wouldn't they be watching "Legacies"? That too is a rerun.

Few people are being welcomed to Flatch, so it's no improvement over "Pivoting". The commentary said seven episodes were online.

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And that's it. I see 20 of you have already looked. You know when I'm here.

"All American" was number one among scripted shows and it has the Devil's number when you can see three digits beyond the decimal, which has happened to "Whose Line" once. Don't know what happened to "The Flash" and "Kung Fu". The other superhero shows were reruns so they have that excuse.

Sundays are not any better when there's not an awards show. This pasts Sunday's numbers are up (to be shown here next week) and they are NOT good. "Riverdale" might as well give up, though the show does have a mystery to solve. Who stole our viewers?

"The Weakest Link" definitely is. Okay, not really. Among new Sunday NBC shows, "Transplant" needs one. And if "The Courtship" already broke up, now it's being ghosted.

"The Bachelor" is way up. Though the target audience numbers were already spectacular. I didn't bother to see if they were even better.

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The CW has lost half of its viewers. I still watch some of the programs even though they have become less interesting.