Prime Time TV Ratings Week May 22-28 delayed

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Viewers in millions

1. NCIS CBS 7.5
2. Chicago Fire NBC 7.0
3. American Idol ABC 6.5
4. Chicago Med NBC 6.4
4. NBA Playoffs ABC 6.4

4. This Is Us NBC 6.4
7. 60 Minutes (7:50) CBS 6.3
8. FBI CBS 6.2
9. Chicago PD NBC 6.0
10. The Neighborhood CBS 5.9

11. Bob Hearts Abishola CBS 5.7
12. NCIS: Hawaii CBS 5.5
13. FBI: International CBS 5.3
13. PGA Championship CBS 5.3
15. CBS News Special Report CBS 5.2

16. Survivor CBS 5.1
17. America's Funniest Home Videos (Sun) ABC 4.7
17. FBI: Most Wanted CBS 4.7
19. NCIS: Los Angeles CBS 4.5
20. Bull CBS 4.2

20. Grey's Anatomy ABC 4.2
22. Young Sheldon CBS 4.1
23. 60 Minutes (8:50) CBS 4.0
24. ABC News Special Report ABC 3.6
25. New Amsterdam NBC 3.5

26. S.W.A.T. CBS 3.4
27. Ghosts CBS 3.3
27. United States of Al CBS 3.3
29. NBA Countdown ABC 3.1
30. Blue Bloods CBS 3.0

30. The Great American Tag Sale ABC 3.0
32. Blacklist NBC 2.8
32. Holey Moley ABC 2.8
34. B Positive CBS 2.6
34. Magnum PI CBS 2.6

36. NBC News Special Report NBC 2.5
36. Movie: Jurassic World NBC 2.5
39. Come Dance with Me CBS 2.4
39. Dateline (Fri) NBC 2.4
39. Dateline (Sat) NBC 2.4

39. Young Rock (8:30) NBC 2.4
42. 20/20 ABC 2.3
42. Young Rock (8pm) NBC 2.3
44. American Rescue Dog Show ABC 2.2
45. Dateline (Sun) NBC 2.1

45. Don't Forget the Lyrics Fox 2.1
45. Law & Order: SVU NBC 2.1
48. America's Funniest Home Videos (Sat) ABC 2.0
48. Celebrity Escape Room NBC 2.0
48. The Chase ABC 2.0

48. Major League Baseball (7:12) Fox 2.0
52. Masterchef Junior Fox 1.9
52. Together As One ABC 1.9
52. WWE Friday Night Smackdown Fox 1.9
55. Beat Shazam Fox 1.8

55. Name That Tune Fox 1.8
57. Biden remarks Fox 1.7
57. Crimetime (8pm) CBS 1.7
57. Masterchef Fox 1.7
57. The Rookie (Thu) ABC 1.7

61. Crimetime (9pm) CBS 1.6
61. Weakest Link (7pm) NBC 1.6
63. Law & Order: Organized Crime NBC 1.5
63. Shark Tank ABC 1.5
63. Transplant NBC 1.5

63. Weakest Link (8pm) NBC 1.5
67. Major League Baseball (10:27) Fox 1.3
67. So You Think You Can Dance Fox 1.3
69. 48 Hours CBS 1.2
69. The Rookie (Sat) ABC 1.2

69. Who Do You Believe? ABC 1.2
72. Family Guy Fox 1.1
73. Bob's Burgers Fox 0.9
73. The Simpsons (8pm) Fox 0.9
75. All American CW 0.7

75. The Great North Fox 0.7
75. Welcome to Flatch (9pm) Fox 0.7
78. Duncanville Fox 0.6
78. The Simpsons (7pm) Fox 0.6
78. Welcome to Flatch (9:30) Fox 0.6

81. All American Homecoming CW 0.5
81. The Flash CW 0.5
81. Kung Fu CW 0.5
86. Masters of Illusion (9:30) CW 0.4
84. Superman & Lois (8pm) CW 0.4

84. Walker CW 0.4
87. Charmed CW 0.3
87. Masters of Illusion (9pm) CW 0.3
87. Superman & Lois (9pm) CW 0.3
87. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Sun) CW 0.3

87. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Sat) CW 0.3
92. Dynasty CW 0.2
92. Legacies CW 0.2
92. Riverdale CW 0.2
92. Would I Lie to You (Sat) CW 0.2

96. Would I Lie to You (Sun) CW 0.1

CW

1...................……75. All American CW 0.7
2...................……81. All American Homecoming CW 0.5
2...................……81. The Flash CW 0.5
2...................……81. Kung Fu CW 0.5
5...................…….84. Masters of Illusion (9:30) CW 0.4

5..................……84. Superman & Lois (8pm) CW 0.4
5...................……84. Walker CW 0.4
8......................…87. Charmed CW 0.3
8...................…….87. Masters of Illusion (9pm) CW 0.3
8...................……87. Superman & Lois (9pm) CW 0.3

8...................……87. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Sun) CW 0.3
8.....................……87. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Sat) CW 0.3
13...................…92. Dynasty CW 0.2
13...................……92. Legacies CW 0.2
13...................……92. Riverdale CW 0.2

13...................……92. Would I Lie to You (Sat) CW 0.2
17...................……96. Would I Lie to You (Sun) CW 0.1

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I hope this isn't a trend, but Saturday's numbers are not available yet. This won't matter if there are no new episodes, I suppose, but if "Would I Lie to You?" on The CW was new ... well, almost no one would be watching, but it would be nice to have proof.

I do have preliminary numbers from another site. That will have to do for now.

"Grey's Anatomy" had its season finale and it was by far the top show with 18-34, 18-49, 25-54 and women. It was number two with men (behind a rerun of "Young Sheldon") and number three with seniors. The series finale of "Bull" was the top show of the night in total viewers and with seniors, who also liked "Sheldon".

Fridays are not looking good at this point.

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I have added preliminary numbers from the Saturday shows, and as soon as someone posts the finals I'll change them.

None of the Saturday numbers look good, that's for sure. I think NBC Transplanted one of its shows to Saturday. "Dateline" doesn't look too bad.

Chicago Wednesdays are over.

"Survivor" traditionally does its finale with an hour-long reunion show afterward. The comments indicate that's how they did it last time. The single three-hour program was number one for the night with 18-34 and women, number two behind "Chicago Fire" with 18-49 and 25-54, number two behind "Chicago PD" with men, and behind all the Chicago shows with seniors.

"Masterchef" looks a lot better with 25-54 and women than it does with total numbers. However, it looks like Fox thinks it can, but can't, dance.

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The Texas school shooting caused some disruptions to the schedule Tuesday. For one thing, "FBI" had to air a rerun instead of a scheduled new episode that was too close to what really happened. Still drew big numbers, and number one with seniors. There are separate numbers for all the special reports that aired between 8:40 and 9 Eastern. It's never explained what happened on Fox at 9:00. The other site shows two hours with the same total number of viewers and makes no mention of the news reports.

Now the big news. For the series finale of "This Is Us", the comments say "an enormous number for linear scripted television these days", referring of course to 18-49, since that's all the comments mention. For 18-34, 18-49, 25-54 and especially women, you can't even see second place from there. It was way out in front with men too. With seniors, fourth after the FBIs among scripted programs and tied with the CBS special report.

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And that's it for this week. I'll add final numbers for Saturday if they get posted.

Unbelievable numbers for The CW on Sunday. But the second hour is reruns. Sadly, the first hour is not.

They were season finales, but at least the Monday CW numbers were up.

I will be here Tuesday for the next two weeks.

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I am glad “This Is Us” finale did well in the ratings.

The CW numbers look bad. “Legacies” is still showing new episodes but I wonder if they will survive another season.

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Jun 2, 2022 12:38:53 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

I am glad “This Is Us” finale did well in the ratings.

The CW numbers look bad. “Legacies” is still showing new episodes but I wonder if they will survive another season.

Just to be clear, "Legacies" was not new in this particular week. 3Sheets never identified reruns but you can usually tell, though some CW shows do so poorly you'd think they were all reruns. Occasionally, though, the site makes mistakes when saying whether an episode was new and at least once the comments said there was a mistake.

I forgot to update the Saturday numbers when they were provided.

Two significant changes: While most of the numbers did not change or changed by a minor amount, "Dateline" is only listed once in the final numbers for a two-hour episode. I was able to keep the number of shows the same because there was a second Major League Baseball event on Fox. The first was a game that started at 7:12 which is obviously not prime time, and a second event starting at 10:27 with a partial title which is not explained in the comments. Maybe it's a post-game show. The comments only mention one game.