Prime Time TV Ratings Week April 10-16

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Viewers in millions

1. The Masters CBS 10.2
2. 60 Minutes CBS 9.3
3. FBI CBS 7.4
4. Chicago Fire NBC 7.2
5. Chicago Med NBC 6.9

6. Young Sheldon CBS 6.8
7. Equalizer CBS 6.7
8. Ghosts CBS 6.0
9. Chicago PD NBC 5.9
9. FBI: International CBS 5.9

11. American Idol (Sun) ABC 5.5
12. FBI: Most Wanted CBS 5.4
13. American Idol (Mon) ABC 5.3
13. CMT Awards CBS 5.3
13. NCIS: Los Angeles CBS 5.3

16. 9-1-1 Fox 5.1
16. Survivor CBS 5.1
18. United States of Al CBS 4.9
19. America's Funniest Home Videos ABC 4.8
20. Law & Order: SVU NBC 4.7

21. This Is Us NBC 4.6
22. NBA Playoffs ABC 4.5
23. 9-1-1: Lone Star Fox 4.2
24. Bull CBS 4.1
25. Dateline NBC 4.0

25. The Good Doctor ABC 4.0
25. How We Roll CBS 4.0
25. Law & Order NBC 4.0
25. The Masked Singer Fox 4.0
30. S.W.A.T. CBS 3.9

31. Shark Tank ABC 3.7
32. Judge Steve Harvey ABC 3.6
33. The Rookie ABC 3.5
34. Law & Order: Organized Crime NBC 3.2
35. The Resident Fox 3.1

36. 48 Hours (10pm) CBS 3.0
37. The Goldbergs ABC 2.9
37. The Thing about Pam NBC 2.9
39. Abbott Elementary ABC 2.8
39. Blacklist NBC 2.8

39. Blue Bloods CBS 2.8
39. The Conners ABC 2.8
43. 48 Hours (9pm) CBS 2.4
44. Superstar ABC 2.3
44. 20/20 ABC 2.3

44. Young Rock NBC 2.3
47. Beyond the Edge CBS 2.2
47. Black-ish ABC 2.2
47. To Tell the Truth ABC 2.2
50. Crimetime CBS 2.1

50. Grey's Anatomy ABC 2.1
50. WWE Friday Night Smackdown Fox 2.1
53. Come Dance with Me CBS 2.0
53. Masterchef Junior Fox 2.0
53. A Million Little Things ABC 2.0

53. Wonder Years ABC 2.0
62. USFL Fox 1.8
63. Home Economics ABC 1.7
63. Name That Tune Fox 1.7
63. The Weakest Link NBC 1.7

66. Domino Masters Fox 1.6
66. Mr. Mayor NBC 1.6
68. Call Me Kat Fox 1.5
68. Endgame NBC 1.5
70. American Song Contest (Mon) NBC 1.4

71. USFL NBC 1.3
72. NBA Countdown ABC 1.2
72. Transplant NBC 1.2
72. USFL Post-Game Fox 1.2
72. USFL Post-Game NBC 1.2

76. American Song Contest (Sun) NBC 1.1
77. The Simpsons (8pm) Fox 1.0
78. Bob's Burgers Fox 0.9
78. Family Guy Fox 0.9
78. Walker CW 0.9

81. Great North Fox 0.8
82. Welcome to Flatch Fox 0.7
83. The Flash CW 0.6
83. The Simpsons (7pm) Fox 0.6
85. All American CW 0.5

85. Kung Fu CW 0.5
85. Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade Fox 0.5
85. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Sat) CW 0.5
89. Legacies CW 0.4
89. Superman & Lois CW 0.4

91. All American Homecoming CW 0.3
91. Charmed CW 0.3
91. Dynasty CW 0.3
91. Masters of Illusion (9pm) CW 0.3
91. Masters of Illusion (9:30) CW 0.3

91. Naomi CW 0.3
91. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Sun) CW 0.3
91. Would I Lie to You (Sat) CW 0.3
99. Riverdale CW 0.2
99. Would I Lie to You (Sun) CW 0.2

CW

1...................……78. Walker CW 0.9
2...................……83. The Flash CW 0.6
3...................……85. All American CW 0.5
3...................……85. Kung Fu CW 0.5
5...................……85. Whose Line Is It Anyway? CW 0.5

6...................……89. Legacies CW 0.4
6....................……89. Superman & Lois CW 0.4
8...................……91. All American Homecoming CW 0.3
8....................……91. Charmed CW 0.3
8....................……91. Dynasty CW 0.3

8..................…….91. Masters of Illusion (9pm) CW 0.3
8..................…….91. Masters of Illusion (9:30) CW 0.3
8..................……91. Naomi CW 0.3
8...................……91. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Sun) CW 0.3
8...................……91. Would I Lie to You (Sat) CW 0.3

16...................……99. Riverdale CW 0.2
16...................……99. Would I Lie to You (Sun) CW 0.2

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Did anyone catch the mistake I made last week? Fixed now. You knew what network it was on.

The CW said, "We can put a new series on Saturday nights and get a lot of viewers." You had your doubts. The CW said, "Would I lie to you?" Yes, and they made the magicians' viewers disappear. What's even more amazing is that it was a RERUN of "Whose Line" that outperformed the new episode.

And The CW's Friday lineup got a slight increase last week. We're back to normal.

"Shark Tank" won the night with 18-49 and 25-54, but more seniors watched "Dateline". "Smackdown" won with 18-34 and men.

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The comments say two episodes of "Grey's Anatomy" aired even though only one was listed, as if it was a single two-hour episode. Not that it matters, since they were reruns.

I need to add I went ahead and included a post-game show for both Fox and NBC that lasted only nine minutes in prime time, and a game that started before prime time. It's too much of a coincidence that both games ended at the same time. Could one network have aired both? Don't know. don't care.

I should have suspected this but "Walker" does well because of seniors. This was actually mentioned in the comments this week. I noticed "Whose Line" has a lot of seniors watching too. Makes sense because its stars are seniors.

"The Flash" was up with 18-49. It does better with 18-34 than a number of shows.

I should mention "The Masked Singer", but being fifth with most audiences doesn't mean a lot. It does win with women, and it's close behind "Survivor" with 18-34. But it does well enough to be green with most audiences. Men don't seem to like it much.

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"This Is Us" is ending anyway, but while down according to the comments, it was number one for the night with 18-34, 18-49 and women, and very close behind "FBI" with 25-54. Men don't like it, while seniors like the "FBI" shows.

"Mr. Mayor" is likely to be defeated for re-election. Except for CW shows, it was last for the night with all audiences and slightly ahead of "To Tell the Truth" with women.

CW Mondays were up a little because apparently the episodes were new.

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And that's it. The Masters ended 21 minutes into prime time but the number is for the entire event.

The CMT Awards, according to the comments, "zoomed" when it moved to broadcast TV. More than five times as many 18-49 viewers watched.

The CW seems to have given up on Sundays.

I have a theory that "American Song Contest" does better in the states that are still in the competition. Anyway, they can't just cancel it until there is a winner, as much as I'm sure NBC would like to. "Endgame" appears to be the future of a certain show, last in all audiences for the night when The CW is not included.

Men don't like "The Good Doctor" and neither do 18-34 (you would think being the age of residents would help).

Back next week.