Prime Time TV Ratings Week April 2-8

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Viewers in millions

1. NCAA Men's Tournament CBS 14.7
2. 60 Minutes CBS 7.0
3. Chicago Fire NBC 6.8
4. FBI CBS 6.5
5. FBI International CBS 6.5

6. Chicago Med NBC 6.4
7. Blue Bloods CBS 6.2
8. FBI Most Wanted CBS 6.1
8. Fire Country CBS 6.1
10. CMT Awards CBS 5.6

11. NCAA Men's Tournament Pre-Game CBS 5.5
12. The Voice (Mon) NBC 5.4
13. Survivor CBS 5.2
14. American Idol (Sun) ABC 5.1
14. Chicago PD NBC 5.1

14. S.W.A.T. CBS 5.1
17. America's Funniest Home Videos ABC 4.9
18. Law & Order SVU NBC 4.6
19. American Idol (Mon) ABC 4.4
19. Law & Order NBC 4.4

19. The Voice (Tue) NBC 4.4
22. Young Sheldon CBS 4.3
23. Shark Tank ABC 3.8
24. Ghosts CBS 3.7
24. Masked Singer Fox 3.7

24. The Neighborhood CBS 3.7
24. Station 19 ABC 3.7
28. The Conners ABC 3.6
28. Magnum, P.I. NBC 3.6
30. Jeremy Renner Interview ABC 3.5

31. 9-1-1: Lone Star Fox 3.4
32. The Good Doctor ABC 3.3
32. Grey's Anatomy ABC 3.3
32. Night Court NBC 3.3
32. Law & Order: Organized Crime NBC 3.3

36. 48 Hours (10pm) CBS 2.8
36. So Help Me Todd CBS 2.8
38. Abbott Elementary ABC 2.7
38. Dateline (Sun) NBC 2.7
38. 20/20 ABC 2.7

41. WWE Friday Night Smackdown Fox 2.5
42. Crimetime (Wed) CBS 2.4
42. Dateline (Fri) NBC 2.4
42. True Lies CBS 2.4
45. The Goldbergs ABC 2.3

46. The Company You Keep ABC 2.2
46. Quantum Leap NBC 2.2
46. That's My Jam NBC 2.2
49. Blacklist NBC 2.1
49. 48 Hours (9pm) CBS 2.1

49. Not Dead Yet ABC 2.1
52. American Auto NBC 2.0
52. CSI: Vegas CBS 2.0
52. Farmer Wants a Wife Fox 2.0
52. Next Level Chef (Thu) Fox 2.0

52. 9-1-1 (8pm) Fox 2.0
52. The Rookie ABC 2.0
58. Crimetime (Sat) CBS 1.9
59. Lopez v. Lopez NBC 1.8
59. A Million Little Things ABC 1.8

59. SNL Prime NBC 1.8
62. Accused Fox 1.7
62. 9-1-1 (9pm) Fox 1.7
62. The Wall NBC 1.7
65. The Weakest Link NBC 1.6

65. Will Trent (9pm) ABC 1.5
65. Will Trent (10pm) ABC 1.5
68. NHL ABC 1.4
69. Animal Control Fox 1.3
70. Call Me Kat Fox 1.2

70. Grand Crew NBC 1.2
72. Superman & Lois (Tue) CW 0.7
73. Bob's Burgers Fox 0.6
73. Housebroken Fox 0.6
73. Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade Fox 0.6

73. Next Level Chef (Sun) Fox 0.6
73. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Fri) CW 0.6
73. The Simpsons Fox 0.6
79. The Flash (Wed) CW 0.5
79. Gotham Knights CW 0.5

81. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Sun) CW 0.4
81. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (Fri) CW 0.4
83. All American CW 0.3
83. Great American Joke Off (Fri) CW 0.3
83. Masters of Illusion (8pm) CW 0.3

83. Masters of Illusion (8:30) CW 0.3
83. MLS Soccer Fox 0.3
83. Riverdale CW 0.3
83. Superman & Lois (Thu) CW 0.3
83. Totally Weird and Funny (9pm) CW 0.3

83. Totally Weird and Funny (9:30) CW 0.3
83. Walker CW 0.3
83. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (Sun) CW 0.3
94. The Flash (Mon) CW 0.2
94. Great American Joke Off (Sun) CW 0.2

CW

1...............……..72. Superman & Lois (Tue) CW 0.7
2.................……73. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Fri) CW 0.6
3.................……79. The Flash (Wed) CW 0.5
3.................……79. Gotham Knights CW 0.5
5.................……81. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Sun) CW 0.4

5.................……81. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (Fri) CW 0.4
7...............……..83. All American CW 0.3
7.................……83. Great American Joke Off (Fri) CW 0.3
7...............……..83. Masters of Illusion (8pm) CW 0.3
7...............……..83. Masters of Illusion (8:30) CW 0.3

7.................……83. Riverdale CW 0.3
7...............……..83. Superman & Lois (Thu) CW 0.3
7................…….83. Totally Weird and Funny (9pm) CW 0.3
7................…….83. Totally Weird and Funny (9:30) CW 0.3
7...............……..83. Walker CW 0.3

7...............……..83. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (Sun) CW 0.3
17...............……94. The Flash (Mon) CW 0.2
17...............……94. Great American Joke Off (Sun) CW 0.2

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It's that time again.

The CW has made some bad decisions. It's not the "great" joke-off if you look at the audience. And it may be "totally weird and funny" but not popular. When you can see all three digits the premiere interested more people but a second episode wasn't worth seeing.

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You can see who was doing reruns on Thursday. That includes The CW, though their track record with new series is questionable these days.

Still, just one week after a two-week break for CBS?

NBC did slightly better, maybe due to the lack of competition, with "the mothership" (from the commentary) and its two spinoffs.

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The CW is doing well on Tuesdays with superheroes. Monday they chose to do reruns.

"FBI" had a crossover event according to the commentaries. I thought it was weird that "International" did better than the parent series and then I looked at the titles again. "International" was the lead-in but I believe that's the best they ever did.

ABC chose to do reruns on Tuesday. Not good, especially after what may have been the best ever number for "The Rookie".

No acknowledgement that "Quantum Leap" did its finale. But viewers didn't acknowledge the finale either. It IS coming back for some odd reason.

Fox did reruns on Monday.

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And that's it.

I've never seen Fox so consistent on a Sunday night. In fact, for three of the shows, with three digits, two matched exactly and another was only 1,000 viewers off. The one new episode did the worst, coming close to rounding down to the next lowest number.

The women played basketball again on Sunday, on a different network, but the game ended long before prime time. With 9.2 million viewers it would have been number one for the day, but the men saw to it they wouldn't be number one for the week.

If anything is worse than a new show no one is watching on The CW, it is a rerun of that show.

Back next week.