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[04/27/21 - 10:04 AM]
Monday's Broadcast Ratings: "9-1-1" Keeps FOX on Top in Demos
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 12 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night (4/26/21):

FOX (5.240 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.8, #1) remained the demo champ on Monday thanks to fresh installments of "9-1-1" (5.646 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.9, #1) and "9-1-1: Lone Star" (4.833 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.7, #3).

The silver went to NBC (5.314 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.6, #2) with originals from "The Voice" (6.611 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.8, #2) and "Debris" (2.720 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T9).

Next up was CBS (4.311 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T3) and its lineup of "The Neighborhood" (4.742 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.6, #4)l "Bob (Hearts) Abishola" (4.494 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5), "All Rise" (3.426 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T9) and "Bull" (4.888 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5).

Meanwhile, ABC (2.732 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T3) opted for its special "Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days" (2.261 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5) and a new "The Good Doctor" (3.675 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5).

And finally, originals from "All American" (0.660 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.2, #11) and "Black Lightning" (0.414 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.1, #12) on The CW (0.537 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.2, #5) closed out the night.

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+25.00% - Bull
0.00% - Bob (Hearts) Abishola
0.00% - The Good Doctor
0.00% - All Rise
0.00% - Debris
0.00% - All American
0.00% - Black Lightning
-10.00% - 9-1-1
-11.11% - The Voice
-12.50% - 9-1-1: Lone Star
-14.29% - The Neighborhood

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+25.00% - Bull (vs. Bull (Repeat))
0.00% - Bob (Hearts) Abishola (vs. Bob (Hearts) Abishola (Repeat))
0.00% - The Good Doctor (vs. The Baker and the Beauty)
0.00% - All Rise (vs. All Rise (Repeat))
0.00% - All American (vs. Whose Line Is It Anyway?/Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Repeat))
0.00% - 9-1-1: Lone Star (vs. Prodigal Son)
0.00% - The Neighborhood (vs. The Neighborhood (Repeat))
-11.11% - The Voice
-16.67% - Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days (vs. The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart)
-25.00% - 9-1-1
-33.33% - Debris (vs. Songland)
-50.00% - Black Lightning (vs. Roswell, New Mexico)


Here are the highlights of the 13 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks one year ago (4/27/20):

FOX (5.054 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.9, #1) pulled in front on Monday thanks to a new "9-1-1" (6.580 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.2, #1) and the season finale of "Prodigal Son" (3.528 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.7, #3).

NBC (5.568 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.8, #2) was a close second with its recap special "The Voice: Road to Live Shows" (6.630 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.9, #2) and a new "Songland" (3.444 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T4).

Next up was ABC (2.729 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.5, #3) with originals from "The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart" (2.860 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T4) and "The Baker and the Beauty" (2.467 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T7).

Meanwhile, CBS (4.180 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.4, #4) opted for repeats of "The Neighborhood" (4.913 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T4), "Bob (Hearts) Abishola" (4.178 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T7), "All Rise" (3.587 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T9) and "Bull" (4.408 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T9).

And finally, "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (1.034 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T11), a repeat "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (0.892 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T11) and "Roswell, New Mexico" (0.783 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T11) closed out the night on The CW (0.873 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.2, #5).

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+100.00% - Roswell, New Mexico
0.00% - 9-1-1
0.00% - Prodigal Son
0.00% - The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart
0.00% - The Baker and the Beauty
0.00% - Whose Line Is It Anyway?
-25.00% - Songland

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+33.33% - 9-1-1 (vs. The Resident)
+25.00% - The Baker and the Beauty (vs. The Fix)
0.00% - Roswell, New Mexico (vs. Arrow)
0.00% - Songland (vs. The Enemy Within)
-25.00% - The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart (vs. The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story)
-33.33% - Whose Line Is It Anyway? (vs. DC's Legends of Tomorrow)
-36.36% - Prodigal Son (vs. 9-1-1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research, ShowBuzzDaily.com





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