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[05/28/18 - 10:32 AM]
Sunday's Broadcast Ratings: NASCAR Claims Demo Crown for FOX
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

Primetime Preliminary Fast National Nielsen Data
(includes all DVR playback through 3:00 am)

Here are the highlights of the 11 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night (5/27/18):

FOX (3.951 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.8, #1) led the demo race on Sunday with its annual telecast of "Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Racing" (3.951 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #1).

The silver then went to ABC (3.011 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #2) with repeats of "America's Funniest Home Videos" (3.742 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T3), another "America's Funniest Home Videos" (3.623 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.6, #2), a new "Deception" (2.344 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T6) and the season finale of "Deception" (2.337 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T6).

Next up was CBS (4.815 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T3) and its combination of "60 Minutes" (6.136 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T3), "Instinct" (5.139 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T6), a second "Instinct" (4.630 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.3, #11) and a repeat "NCIS: Los Angeles" (3.353 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T6).

And finally, encores of "Dateline NBC" (3.099 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T6) and "American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. The World" (2.240 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T3) on NBC (2.455 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T3) rounded out the night.

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
-33.33% - Deception
-42.86% - Instinct (vs. 5/6/18)

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
0.00% - Deception - 10:00 (vs. The Bachelorette (Repeat))
0.00% - Instinct - 8:00 (vs. NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat))
0.00% - Deception - 9:00 (vs. The Bachelorette (Repeat))
0.00% - Instinct - 9:00 (vs. Madam Secretary (Repeat))


Here are the highlights of the 11 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks one year ago (5/28/17):

FOX (4.101 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.8, #1) was the top draw on Sunday with its primetime presentation of "Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series" (4.101 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T2).

NBC (2.777 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.6, #2) then was the silver draw with a new "Dateline NBC" (2.735 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T6) followed by encores of "American Ninja Warrior: Celebrity Ninja Warrior" (1.950 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T6) and "American Ninja Warrior: All Stars" (3.211 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.9, #1).

Next up was ABC (2.696 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.5, #3) and repeats of "America's Funniest Home Videos" (3.360 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.5, #5), another "America's Funniest Home Videos" (4.040 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T2) and "The Bachelorette" (1.692 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T6).

And finally, CBS (4.288 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.4, #4) rounded out the night with its mix of "60 Minutes" (6.585 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.6, #4), "NCIS: Los Angeles" (4.259 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T6), "Madam Secretary" (3.698 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T10) and "Elementary" (2.612 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T10).

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
-55.56% - Dateline NBC

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
0.00% - Dateline NBC (vs. Dateline NBC: On Assignment)

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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