Prime Time TV Ratings Week April 16-22

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Viewers in millions

1. 60 Minutes CBS 7.4
2. FBI CBS 6.8
3. Equalizer CBS 6.5
4. Blue Bloods CBS 6.0
5. Fire Country CBS 5.8

6. American Idol (Sun) ABC 5.4
6. S.W.A.T. CBS 5.4
6. The Voice NBC 5.4
9. FBI International CBS 5.3
9. Survivor CBS 5.3

11. FBI Most Wanted CBS 5.1
12. East New York CBS 4.8
12. The Neighborhood CBS 4.8
14. America's Funniest Home Videos ABC 4.6
15. Bob Hearts Abishola CBS 4.5

15. 9-1-1 Fox 4.5
17. American Idol (Mon) ABC 4.4
18. NCIS: Los Angeles CBS 4.3
19. NCIS CBS 4.1
19. Young Sheldon CBS 4.1

21. Station 19 ABC 4.0
22. The Conners ABC 3.7
22. NCIS: Hawaii CBS 3.7
24. The Rookie ABC 3.6
25. The Good Doctor (Mon) ABC 3.5

26. Chicago Med NBC 3.4
26. Grey's Anatomy ABC 3.4
26. Masked Singer Fox 3.4
26. 9-1-1: Lone Star Fox 3.4
30. Ghosts CBS 3.3

30. Magnum, P.I. NBC 3.3
32. Chicago Fire NBC 3.2
33. That's My Jam NBC 3.1
34. Abbott Elementary ABC 2.9
35. Law & Order NBC 2.8

35. So Help Me Todd CBS 2.8
37. Chicago PD NBC 2.7
37. Crimetime (Wed) CBS 2.7
37. Dateline (Sun) NBC 2.7
37. Dateline (Fri) NBC 2.7

37. 48 Hours (10pm) CBS 2.7
37. Law & Order SVU NBC 2.7
43. True Lies CBS 2.6
43. Will Trent ABC 2.6
45. NBA Playoffs ABC 2.5

46. The Goldbergs ABC 2.4
47. The Company You Keep ABC 2.3
47. Not Dead Yet ABC 2.3
49. CSI: Vegas CBS 2.2
49. Night Court NBC 2.2

49. Rookie Feds ABC 2.2
49. WWE Friday Night Smackdown Fox 2.2
53. Farmer Wants a Wife Fox 2.1
53. Law & Order: Organized Crime NBC 2.1
55. Lopez v. Lopez NBC 2.0

56. 48 Hours (9pm) CBS 1.9
56. Next Level Chef (Thu) Fox 1.9
56. The Wall (Tue) NBC 1.9
56. The Weakest Link (Tue) NBC 1.9
60. A Million Little Things ABC 1.8

61. Blacklist NBC 1.7
61. Crimetime (Sat) CBS 1.7
61. Fantasy Island Fox 1.7
61. SNL Prime NBC 1.7
65. The Good Doctor (Thu) ABC 1.6

65. NBA Countdown ABC 1.6
65. NHL Playoffs ABC 1.6
65. The Wall (Sat) NBC 1.6
65. The Weakest Link (Sat) NBC 1.6
70. American Auto NBC 1.4

71. Accused Fox 1.2
71. Grand Crew NBC 1.2
73. Animal Control Fox 1.0
74. Family Guy (9pm) Fox 0.9
74. Family Guy (9:30) Fox 0.9

76. USFL (7:06) Fox 0.8
77. Bob's Burgers Fox 0.7
78. Great North Fox 0.6
78. USFL (9:47) Fox 0.6
78. Welcome to Flatch Fox 0.6

81. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Fri) CW 0.5
81. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (Fri) CW 0.5
83. All American CW 0.4
83. Great American Joke Off (Fri) CW 0.4
83. Next Level Chef (Sun) Fox 0.4

83. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Sun) CW 0.4
83. Superman & Lois (Tue) CW 0.4
83. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (Sun) CW 0.4
89. The Flash (Wed) CW 0.3
89. Gotham Knights CW 0.3

89. Great American Joke Off (Sun) CW 0.3
89. Masters of Illusion (8pm) CW 0.3
89. Superman & Lois (Thu) CW 0.3
89. Walker CW 0.3
95. The Flash (Mon) CW 0.2

95. Masters of Illusion (8:30) CW 0.2
95. Riverdale CW 0.2
95. Totally Weird and Funny (9pm) CW 0.2
95. Totally Weird and Funny (9:30) CW 0.2

CW

1.................……81. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Fri) CW 0.5
1.................……81. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (Fri) CW 0.5
3................…….83. All American CW 0.4
3.................……83. Great American Joke Off (Fri) CW 0.4
3.................……83. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Sun) CW 0.4

3...............……..83. Superman & Lois (Tue) CW 0.4
3.................……83. Whose Line Is it Anyway? (Sun) CW 0.4
8.................……89. The Flash (Wed) CW 0.3
8.................……89. Gotham Knights CW 0.3
8.................……89. Great American Joke Off (Sun) CW 0.3

8...............……..89. Masters of Illusion (8pm) CW 0.3
8..............……...89. Superman & Lois (Thu) CW 0.3
8...............……..89. Walker CW 0.3
14...............……95. The Flash (Mon) CW 0.2
14.............……..95. Masters of Illusion (8:30) CW 0.2

14...............……95. Riverdale CW 0.2
14..............…….95. Totally Weird and Funny (9pm) CW 0.2
14..............…….95. Totally Weird and Funny (9:30) CW 0.2

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It's that time again.

The CW is in serious trouble on Saturday night. The magicians made their viewers disappear. Totally weird? Yes. And one episode of each is new.

"Whose Line" isn't doing so well either, even with new episodes. Penn & Teller did slightly worse with a rerun.

The NBA Playoffs aren't as bad as they look. Dark green with all the target audiences except seniors. Men are watching. Fewer women are but the number is not low.

Dark green for hockey too.

And look who's back on Fridays.

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"Walker" really needs to come back with new episodes. I think that happens next week, along with the Indy documentary.

No, "Riverdale" is not a rerun, unlike "The Flash".

I think "Chicago Med" gets more viewers in reruns because the few who didn't watch the first time decided to. Same for "Law & Order".

Just about everything on Thursday was a rerun. No, that does not include "Animal Control".

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The CW is really doing poorly this week. Even the few episodes that aren't reruns aren't doing as well as they should, and of course there are lots of reruns.

NBC isn't even trying on Tuesdays, but at least for now they've improved on "Quantum Leap" on Monday.

CBS took one of its best performing shows and put a rerun there this week, but the number of total episodes remains the same.

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And there we are.

"Family Guy" did really well considering, probably because the audience has been deprived.

I decided to look more closely at target audiences. Men HATE "The Company You Keep" but women don't really like it much better. "Magnum PI" does well with seniors but women don't like it any better than men.

No one really cares that something called "PGAT RBC Heritage" ran over by three minutes, do they? I guess that's golf but the commentary said "60 Minutes" was off without The Masters. Total viewers for four hours were 4.2 million but I saw no point in including it.

Back next week.