‘60 Minutes’ returns to top of TV ratings, leading CBS sweep of 3 highest spots

The cast of ”Ghosts" on CBS.
Final week’s top-ranked new present was the season finale of “Ghosts” on CBS, with Rose McIver, left, Richie Moriarty, Sheila Carrasco, Asher Grodman, Danielle Pinnock, Roman Zaragoza, Devan Chandler Lengthy and Utkarsh Ambudkar.
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The CBS information journal “60 Minutes” was the best rated prime-time program for the fifth time in 9 weeks, main a CBS sweep of the highest three spots within the weekly rankings and the community to its ninth victory within the 9 weeks that adopted NBC’s protection of the Winter Olympics.

In its 54th season “60 Minutes” averaged 7.596 million viewers, considered one of 4 prime-time applications between April 18 and Sunday to prime 7 million viewers, in line with live-plus-same-day figures launched by Nielsen on Tuesday. “FBI” was second, averaging 7.511 million viewers and “Younger Sheldon” third, averaging 7.256 million.

The NBC drama “Chicago Fireplace” was the one different prime-time program to prime 7 million viewers, averaging 7.213 million.

CBS had six of the highest eight applications because it completed first for the fifteenth time within the 31-week-old 2021-22 tv season, averaging 4.48 million viewers. It additionally had the most well-liked first-season program with the season finale of the comedy “Ghosts,” which was eighth, averaging 6.246 million viewers.

NBC averaged 3.01 million viewers to complete second after ending third among the many broadcast networks for eight consecutive weeks. It had the highest rated program starting at 10 p.m., “Chicago P.D.” which averaged 6.076 million viewers following “Chicago Fireplace,” ninth for the week.

ABC was third, averaging 2.96 million viewers. Its rankings leaders had been the Sunday and Monday editions of “American Idol,” eleventh and thirteenth for the week, averaging 5.884 million and 5.572 million viewers.

An episode of “American Idol” has had ABC’s largest viewers in eight of the 9 weeks it has aired this season, with the one exception was the week ABC carried the Oscars.

Fox averaged 2.02 million viewers, led by the procedural drama “9-1-1,” which was twentieth for the week averaging 5.045 million viewers. “9-1-1” has been Fox’s rankings chief all 4 instances an authentic episode has aired since March 21.

The CW averaged 380,000 viewers. Its largest draw program was “Freddie Mercury: The Ultimate Act,” a documentary on the 1992 tribute live performance to the late Queen lead vocalist, which averaged 891,000 viewers, 126th amongst broadcast applications. Its general rank was not obtainable.

The highest 20 prime-time applications consisted 13 applications that aired on CBS — 11 scripted collection episodes, “60 Minutes” and the choice collection “Survivor”; 4 NBC scripted applications; ABC’s two “American Idol” episodes; and Fox’s “9-1-1.”

The cable rankings had been lead by ESPN’s protection of Saturday’s first-round NBA playoff recreation between the Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets, which averaged 4.624 million viewers, twenty second general and probably the most for a prime-time sporting occasion.

NBA playoff protection despatched TNT to the highest of the cable community race, averaging 2.622 million viewers, one week after ending second. Fox Information Channel averaged 2.251 million to complete second after being on the prime for 3 consecutive weeks and 12 of the previous 13.

ESPN was third for the second consecutive week, averaging 1.325 million.

The cable prime 20 consisted of 13 NBA playoff video games — 10 on TNT and three on ESPN; six Fox Information Channel political speak reveals — 5 broadcasts of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” and considered one of “Hannity”; and Historical past’s “The Curse of Oak Island.”

The six-episode restricted collection “Anatomy of a Scandal” was Netflix’s most-streamed English-language program, with 75.56 million hours watched. The second season of “Bridgerton” was second after ending first every of its first 4 weeks of launch. Its 46.13 million hours watched elevated its report whole for an English-language collection to 673.24 million hours.

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