The Breakdown: ABC Sunday in 2020-21 (The Rookie, Supermarket Sweep, American Idol and more!)

It's time for a journey through the ABC Sunday schedule in 2020-21...

Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 7/7/21

FINALS UPDATE: Press Your Luck (R) (0.5), Big Brother (1.1), Love Island (0.5), Stanley Cup Finals (0.9, +0.2) and MasterChef (0.6) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted. CBS returnees Big Brother and Love Island each had 90-minute premiere nights, several weeks earlier than last year (they opened with 1.05/0.43 respectively in August 2020).

Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 6/30/21

FINALS UPDATE: Press Your Luck (0.5), Chicago Fire (R) (0.3) and Crime Scene Kitchen (0.5) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

SpotVault - Card Sharks (ABC) - Summer 2021 Ratings

Card Sharks

Sundays, 10/9c, ABC

Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 6/23/21

FINALS UPDATE: No adjustments.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted. CW drama In the Dark and ABC's Card Sharks returned.

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 1/31/21

FINALS UPDATE: America's Funniest Home Videos (R) (0.7), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (0.6), NCIS: New Orleans (R) (0.4), Weakest Link (R) (0.4) and Call Me Kat (R) (0.3) adjusted up.

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 1/24/21

FINALS UPDATE: America's Funniest Home Videos (R) (0.5) and AFC Championship (11.8, +1.9) adjusted up while FBI (2.0, -1.6) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.
  

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 1/17/21

FINALS UPDATE: The Rookie (0.5), 60 Minutes (1.2) and NFL Playoffs (9.9, +1.8) adjusted up while The Great North (2.1, -0.5) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Fox had a huge NFL playoff game in primetime (8.1), leading into another preview of The Great North (2.6 for the 10:00 half-hour) and an original Family Guy (1.1 for the 10:30 half-hour).
  

• ABC had a rough time against the bigger competition with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (0.4) moving to 8/7c and Card Sharks (0.3) returning at 9/8c, while The Rookie (0.4) managed to build on its lead-in. CBS' NCIS spin-offs (0.6/0.5) held up a little better thanks to some indirect help from the late afternoon game on CBS, which led into 60 Minutes (1.1).
  

• And the CW's Batwoman (0.1) quietly became the first of the network's regular scripted stable to return after sitting out in the fall due to production delays. If it doesn't adjust up, it would be just the second 0.1 ever for Batwoman (it got there against the Grammys around this time last year).
  

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 12/13/20

FINALS UPDATE: Card Sharks (0.3), 60 Minutes (0.8), NCIS: Los Angeles (0.6), Sunday Night Football (4.6, +0.7), NFL Overrun (5.7, +1.2), Bless the Harts (0.7) and Bob's Burgers (0.7) adjusted up while Football Night in America p2 (1.0, -0.5) and Football Night in America p3 (2.4, -1.1) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• ABC's Supermarket Sweep (0.5) and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (0.3) are eyeing new lows on their last Sunday together in 2020. (Card Sharks also fell to 0.2, which it has hit before.)
  

• None of the other entertainment options fared much better, with CBS' NCIS spin-offs (0.5/0.4) and Fox's cartoons (1.3/0.6/0.6/0.7) on the low end (for an NFL evening in Fox's case). And the CW got 0.0's on the same night for the first time since Pandora and The Outpost were paired together.
  

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 11/29/20

FINALS UPDATE: Supermarket Sweep (0.6), NFL Overrun (6.0, +0.7), Movie: Coming to America (0.6), The Simpsons (R) (0.6) and Bob's Burgers (R) (0.5) adjusted up while Card Sharks (0.2) and 60 Minutes (2.0) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Returning from a week off, ABC's Supermarket Sweep (0.5) took a brutal drop, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (0.4) is also eyeing a new low despite promoting a million dollar winner. They had little help from the 7/6c hour as the Prep & Landing Christmas specials (0.4/0.5) significantly underperformed America's Funniest Home Videos.
  

• Mixed in with repeats and the Ice Age holiday special, Fox's The Simpsons (0.6) and Bob's Burgers (0.5) were each down a notch from their last non-NFL night three weeks ago. CBS used its national overrun on 60 Minutes (2.6/1.5), a repeat of The Neighborhood (0.7) and a movie night (0.5).
  

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 11/1/20

FINALS UPDATE: Supermarket Sweep (0.8), 60 Minutes (0.9), Sunday Night Football (4.9, +1.0), NFL Overrun (6.3, +1.9) and Bob's Burgers (0.8) adjusted up while Football Night in America p2 (0.6, -0.8), Football Night in America p3 (1.9, -1.6), The Simpsons (1.7, -0.5) and Bless the Harts (0.8) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• ABC's unscripted lineup continued moving down in week three, with Supermarket Sweep (0.7) and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (0.5) each dropping. 

• Fox's cartoons (2.2/0.9/0.7/0.7) aired after a national NFL game for the first time since premiere week, and NBC's Sunday Night Football (4.3/4.1/3.5) rebounded with no more World Series competition.
  

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 10/25/20

FINALS UPDATE: Supermarket Sweep (0.9), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (0.6), NFL Overrun (6.1, +2.5), 60 Minutes (2.5), Sunday Night Football (4.3, +0.7) and World Series (2.6, +0.8) adjusted up while The Neighborhood (R) (0.7, -0.4), Football Night in America p2 (1.4, -0.4), Football Night in America p3 (2.2, -0.8), World Series Pregame (1.0, -0.7) and Pandora (0.0) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• ABC's game show lineup of Supermarket Sweep (0.8), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (0.5) and Card Sharks (0.3) took relatively standard week two drops. This left Sweep still ahead of the year-ago second episode of Kids Say the Darndest Things (0.75).

• There was another heavy suite of sports competition from Sunday Night Football (4.1/3.9/3.1) and the World Series (2.2/1.5/1.5), plus the presidential interviews on 60 Minutes (2.4) had that show looking stronger than usual.

SpotVault - Card Sharks (ABC) - Fall 2020 Ratings

Card Sharks

Sundays, 10/9c, ABC

Spotted Ratings, Sunday 10/18/20

FINALS UPDATE: America's Funniest Home Videos (0.6), 60 Minutes (0.9), Sunday Night Football (3.7, +0.9), NFL Overrun (6.1, +1.5), The OT (3.2), NLCS (2.9, +1.0) and Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R) (0.1) adjusted up while Mom (R) (0.2), Football Night in America p2 (1.2, -0.3) and Football Night in America p3 (2.1, -0.7) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Against a lot of sports competition, ABC managed a solid 1.0 for the premiere of its Supermarket Sweep (1.0) revival. Among ABC's recent unscripted forays in the Sunday 8/7c timeslot in the fall, this was definitely the most promising start, up a tenth on last year's Kids Say the Darndest Things premiere (which was itself way above Dancing with the Stars: Juniors from the previous year). It had surprisingly little help from the 7/6c premiere of America's Funniest Home Videos (0.5), down about a third year-to-year.
  

• The ABC night fell off pretty sharply after Sweep, as the return of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (0.6) was considerably down from the 0.9's it was usually pulling even at the end of its spring/early summer run, and Card Sharks (0.4) returned after more than a year off with a new series low at 10/9c.
  

• Fox's animation was preempted in favor of Game 7 of the NLCS (2.2/1.7/1.7), which lost head-to-head against Sunday Night Football (3.1/3.1/2.4) but still pulled it down to its lowest prelims of the season.
  

Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 8/14/19

FINALS UPDATE: Big Brother (1.1) and BH90210 (1.0) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• BH90210's run as a sensation was short-lived, as it took a whooping 40% week two drop to a 0.9 in week two. It barely edged its MasterChef lead-in (0.8) in adults 18-49, and again went well behind it in adults 18-34 (0.3 vs. 0.5).

• America's Got Talent (1.1) began its Wednesday run, down around 25% from the 1.5 with which it opened on Wednesday last year (similar to its Tuesday declines this season). It led into the original return of Songland (0.7) at 9/8c, but The InBetween (0.4) couldn't benefit at 10/9c.
  

• Elsewhere, Big Brother (1.0) was down a notch in a move to the 8/7c hour, while Card Sharks (0.5) and Match Game (0.5) finished their runs even with last week.

Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 8/7/19

FINALS UPDATE: Bulletproof (0.1) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Fox got a strong start from its revival BH90210 (1.5). It's one of the biggest premieres for a summer scripted series on record, scoring roughly the same Plus as the Under the Dome premiere back in summer 2013. The lead-out juice also helped lift MasterChef to its first 0.9 of the season.

• The CW launched a new original lineup with drama Bulletproof (0.2) and reality Hypnotize Me (0.1), scoring pretty standard ratings for the netlet in the summer. The originals on ABC (0.6/0.5/0.5), CBS (0.5/1.1) and The InBetween (0.4) all matched last week.

Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 7/31/19

FINALS UPDATE: Big Brother (1.1) adjusted up while Press Your Luck (0.6) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• ABC's Card Sharks fell back to 0.5, and this time it took Match Game (0.5) with it. Fox was on the uptick with MasterChef (0.8) and First Responders Live (0.5), as was NBC's The InBetween (0.4). The CBS originals (0.5/1.0) matched last Wednesday.

• The series finale of the CW's Jane the Virgin remained at 0.2 at 9/8c (while a Jane special at 8/7c also scored a 0.2).

Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 7/24/19

FINALS UPDATE: S.W.A.T. (R) (0.3), Penn and Teller: Fool Us (R) (0.2) and Jane the Virgin (0.2) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• ABC got a small rebound from Card Sharks (0.6), while lead-in Press Your Luck (0.7) and lead-out Match Game (0.6) were even. Sharks pulled back ahead of Fox's First Responders Live (0.4) at 9/8c, as it and its lead-in MasterChef (0.7) both dropped.

• The CBS originals (0.5/1.0) matched last Wednesday, and NBC's The InBetween fell back to 0.3 for the first time since the holiday three weeks ago. The CW's Jane the Virgin (0.3) appears preempted?

Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 7/17/19

FINALS UPDATE: Songland (R) (0.5) adjusted up while Love Island (0.5) and First Responders Live (0.5) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Back from two weeks off, ABC's Press Your Luck (0.7) and Card Sharks (0.5) each hit new Wednesday lows, losing each hour head-to-head against Fox's MasterChef (0.8) and First Responders Live (0.6) which tied their season highs. The consolation for ABC was that Match Game (0.6) stayed even at 10/9c and actually built from Sharks.

• CBS' Love Island edged back up to 0.6 as it got back to airing alongside Big Brother (1.0). Dramas The InBetween (0.4) and Jane the Virgin (0.2) were steady.

Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 6/26/19

FINALS UPDATE: Democratic Presidential Debate (1.8, +0.2) adjusted up while The Amazing Race (0.7) and Ellen's Game of Games (R) (0.7) adjusted down.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Full table will be posted next week.