Ratings News - 23rd April 2012 *Full Tables Added*

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SUNDAY 4/22/12 Metered Markets

Household
Rating/Share
CBS 6.8/11
ABC 4.8/ 8
NBC 4.6/ 8
Fox 2.5/ 4

-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Sunday 4/24/11
Fox: +39, CBS: +17, NBC: + 7, ABC: – 2

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-Winners:
60 Minutes (CBS), Once Upon a Time (ABC)

-Honorable Mention:
Harry’s Law (NBC), The Good Wife (CBS)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
Fox’s 25th Anniversary Special, Hallmark Hall of Fame’s Firelight (ABC), NYC 22 (CBS)

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-Rating Results:
CBS dominated the Sunday overnights, beating second-place ABC by a significant 42 percent. Next was NBC, followed by lowly Fox, which did not benefit by its 25th Anniversary Special. The self-congratulatory celebration, hosted by Ryan Seacrest, was a bust at a 2.9 rating 5 share from 8-10 p.m. The half-hours are as follows:

Fox 25th Anniversary Celebration
8:00 p.m.: 3.2/ 5 (#4)
8:30 p.m.: 2.9/ 5 (#4)
9:00 p.m.: 2.9/ 5 (#4)
9:30 p.m.: 2.8/ 4 (#4)



Earlier in the evening on Fox were encore telecasts of the pilot episodes of Married With Children (#4: 1.8/ 3) and The Simpsons (#4: 1.7/ 3) from 7-8 p.m.

In week two news, CBS crime drama NYC 22 finished second in the overnights at 10 p.m. (tied with Hallmark Hall of Fame’s Firelight on ABC) with a disappointing 4.9/ 8. Comparably, that dropped by 23 percent from its week-ago opener (6.0/10 on April 15), with retention out of the 9:30 p.m. edition of lead-in The Good Wife (7.2/11) of 68 percent.

Said Nate, our favorite blogger: “Does CBS really expect another cop show based in New York focusing on rookie cops and with the usual cop stereotypes to work? The network already has two crime dramas set in New York City — Blue Bloods and CSI: NY — and I do not think NYC 22 will last very long.”

(Editor’s note: “I agree completely, Nate.”)

CBS opened the evening, of course, with granddaddy 60 Minutes (#1: 8.9/16 at 7 p.m.), which was the top rated show of the evening in the overnights, followed by The Amazing Race (#1: 6.2/10) and older-skewing The Good Wife (#1: 7.3/11) from 8-10 p.m. With NYC 22 a bust at 10 p.m., chances are the network will revamp the Sunday 9-11 p.m. block in the fall.

Over at ABC, the latest made-for TV movie in the Hallmark Hall of Fame series, Firelight, scored a modest 4.7/ 8 from 9-11 p.m. Comparably, this pales in comparison to when CBS aired the franchise, with retention out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of Once Upon a Time (6.0/ 9) of 78 percent. Expect Firelight, of course, to skew older. Here is the half-hour breakdown:

Hallmark Hall of Fame’s Firelight (ABC)
9:00 p.m.: 4.7/ 7 (#2)
9:30 p.m.: 4.5/ 7 (#3)
10:00 p.m.: 4.8/ 8 (#3)
10:30 p.m.: 4.9/ 9 (#2)



At 7 p.m. on ABC was a repeat of America’s Funniest Home Videos (#2: 3.7/ 7), followed by consistent Once Upon a Time at a second-place 6.0/10 at 8 p.m. Comparatively, Once Upon a Time outdelivered year-ago occupant Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (4.6/ 8 on 4/24/11) by 30 percent.

The Sunday standout on NBC, at least in the overnights, was sophomore Harry’s Law (#3: 5.9/ 9 at 8 p.m.), which built from lead-in Dateline (#3: 3.1/ 5 at 7 p.m.) by 90 percent. Expect the audience for Harry’s Law to be older, of course. Celebrity Apprentice closed the evening for NBC with a respectable 4.8/ 8 from 9-11 p.m., which should be more than enough enough to win the two-hour block among adults 18-49. Here is the half-hour breakdown:

Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
9:00 p.m.: 4.6/ 7 (#3)
9:30 p.m.: 4.6/ 7 (#2)
10:00 p.m.: 5.0/ 8 (#2)
10:30 p.m.: 5.2/ 9 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

Source: Marc Berman@TVMediaInsights