FINALS UPDATE: The Rookie (0.6),
60 Minutes (0.8),
The Equalizer (0.8),
The Widower (0.4) and
Cherries Wild (0.3) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- Week two of The Equalizer (0.7) dropped by two tenths from its timeslot premiere, matching its 60 Minutes lead-in (0.7) and remaining ahead of NCIS: Los Angeles (0.6) and NCIS: New Orleans (0.5).
- Fox had the delayed premiere of game show Cherries Wild (0.2), which was hopeless alongside Bless the Harts (0.2) in the 7/6c hour. The regular lineup of The Simpsons (0.5), The Great North (0.4), Bob's Burgers (0.5) and Family Guy (0.5) perked up from there but were still on the low end.
- ABC's American Idol (1.0) and The Rookie (0.5) each declined in their second week together, and NBC finished out The Widower (0.3/0.4).
FINALS UPDATE: Shark Tank (0.7),
20/20 (0.5),
MacGyver (0.6) and
WWE SmackDown! (0.6) adjusted up.
FINALS UPDATE: Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (0.9) and
The Hustler (0.5) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- The CBS comedies (0.8/0.6/0.6/0.4) and week two of Clarice (0.4) mostly slid down from last week, when Clarice posted a very high 0.5 (0.54) in finals.
- NBC began a mini-docuseries from the Dateline producers called The Widower (0.5), improving on recent regular Dateline eps in the slot, while Mr. Mayor (0.5) and Law and Order: SVU (0.7) matched their last originals.
- The ABC game shows (0.8/0.6/0.4) along with the Fox (0.7/0.5/0.4) and CW (0.2/0.1) lineups looked pretty typical.
FINALS UPDATE: The Goldbergs (R)
(0.6),
Call Your Mother (R)
(0.4),
Chicago Fire (1.0) and
The Masked Dancer (0.7) adjusted up.
FINALS UPDATE: Black-ish (0.6),
Big Sky (0.7) and
Young Rock (1.0) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- NBC got a solid start from its new comedy hour of Young Rock (0.9) and Kenan (0.8), boosting This Is Us (1.1) to its highest rating in 2021, and Nurses remained at 0.3.
- ABC was even across the board vs. last week's finals, meaning yet another 0.6 at 10/9c from Big Sky. With CBS in repeats, Fox's The Resident inched up to 0.6 at 8/7c.
FINALS UPDATE: The Wall (0.6) and
9-1-1: Lone Star (0.9) adjusted up.
FINALS UPDATE: American Idol (1.2),
60 Minutes (0.8) and
NASCAR (0.9, +0.2) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- A week after its post-Super Bowl airing, The Equalizer (0.9) got off to a good start in its regular Sunday 8/7c slot, building on 60 Minutes (0.7) and outrating all episodes of the NCIS spin-offs on the night this season. NCIS: Los Angeles (0.7) and NCIS: New Orleans (0.5) rounded out the night for CBS.
- ABC had the return of American Idol (1.1), looking to be down 20%ish from last year's 1.47 premiere. It was also a boon to the surrounding programs, with America's Funniest Home Videos (0.8, tie) and The Rookie (0.6) both at season high levels.
- Fox was on the map with the Daytona 500 in primetime (0.6/0.5/0.7/0.9) and NBC went low with a Grand Ole Opry special (0.3).
FINALS UPDATE: WWE SmackDown! (0.6) adjusted up.
FINALS UPDATE: Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (0.8),
The Hustler (0.5),
Young Sheldon (0.9),
B Positive (0.7) and
Mr. Mayor (0.5) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- CBS premiered new drama Clarice (0.5) in the 10/9c hour, where it was actually ahead of the year-ago series premiere of Tommy (0.44). It was also a relatively nice night for the 9/8c comedy hour, with Mom (0.7) hitting a new season high and The Unicorn up to 0.5 for the first time since November. The night began with a steady Young Sheldon (0.8) and B Positive (0.6).
- The ABC game shows returned with Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (0.7), The Chase (0.6) and The Hustler (0.4) all eyeing potential new series lows in the prelims. The same goes for NBC's Mr. Mayor (0.4) and the CW's Walker (0.2) and Legacies (0.1).
- Fox's trio of Hell's Kitchen (0.7), Call Me Kat (0.5) and Last Man Standing (0.4) were all even.
FINALS UPDATE: For Life (0.3) and
Chicago PD (0.9) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- CBS reality series Tough As Nails (0.5) returned for season two, with the same rating that was most common during its initial run in summer 2020.
- On ABC, the 8/7c hour of The Goldbergs (0.6) and American Housewife (0.5) matched last week's finals (with Goldbergs up from last week's prelim 0.5). A repeat of The Conners (0.4) and an original Call Your Mother (0.3) led into the first preliminary 0.2 at 10/9c from For Life.
- NBC's Chicago trio (0.9/1.0/0.8) fared similar, with Med down a tenth and Fire up a tenth vs. last week's prelims. And Fox's The Masked Dancer (0.6) and Name That Tune (0.5) looked a little better after preliminary 0.5/0.4 last week.
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