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[05/04/21 - 10:02 AM]
Monday's Broadcast Ratings: "9-1-1" Tops Charts 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 12 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night (5/3/21):

FOX (5.438 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.9, #1) was the victor on Monday thanks to fresh installments of "9-1-1" (5.777 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.9, #1) and "9-1-1: Lone Star" (5.099 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T2).

NBC (4.735 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.6, #2) took home the silver with originals from "The Voice" (5.816 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T2) and "Debris" (2.574 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T8).

Next up was CBS (4.562 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T3) and its lineup of "The Neighborhood" (5.064 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.7, #4), "Bob (Hearts) Abishola" (4.631 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.6, #5), "All Rise" (3.556 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T8) and "Bull" (5.282 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T6).

Meanwhile, ABC (2.026 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T3) opted for "The Wonderful World of Disney: Incredibles 2" (2.190 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T6) and a repeat "Home Economics" (1.207 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.3, #10).

And finally, a repeat "All American" (0.312 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T11) and a new "Black Lightning" (0.344 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.1, #T11) rounded out the evening on The CW (0.328 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.1, #5).

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+20.00% - Bob (Hearts) Abishola
+16.67% - The Neighborhood
+14.29% - 9-1-1: Lone Star
0.00% - 9-1-1
0.00% - The Voice
0.00% - Bull
0.00% - All Rise
0.00% - Debris
0.00% - Black Lightning

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+33.33% - 9-1-1: Lone Star (vs. 9-1-1: Lone Star (Repeat))
0.00% - Black Lightning (vs. Roswell, New Mexico)
-20.00% - The Voice
-22.22% - The Neighborhood
-25.00% - 9-1-1
-25.00% - Bob (Hearts) Abishola (vs. The Neighborhood)
-28.57% - Bull
-33.33% - All Rise
-33.33% - Debris (vs. Songland)


Here are the highlights of the 13 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks one year ago (5/4/20):

NBC (6.149 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T1) and FOX (5.022 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T1) split the demo crown on Monday as the latter served up a new "9-1-1" (6.777 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.2, #1) and a repeat "9-1-1: Lone Star" (3.266 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6).

The Peacock network then offered up fresh installments of "The Voice" (7.305 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.0, #2) and "Songland" (3.838 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6).

Next up was CBS (6.172 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 0.7, #3) with a new "The Neighborhood" (6.747 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.9, #3) followed by the season finales of "The Neighborhood" (6.487 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.8, #4), "All Rise" (5.056 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6) and "Bull" (6.842 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.7, #5).

Meanwhile, ABC (2.632 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.5, #4) offered up originals from "The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart" (2.798 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T6) and "The Baker and the Beauty" (2.299 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #10).

And finally, a new "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (0.921 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T11), a repeat "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (0.806 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T11) and a new "Roswell, New Mexico" (0.655 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.1, #13) rounded out the night on The CW (0.759 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.2, #5).

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
0.00% - 9-1-1
0.00% - Bull (vs. 4/13/20)
0.00% - All Rise (vs. 4/13/20)
0.00% - Songland
0.00% - The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart
0.00% - The Baker and the Beauty
0.00% - Whose Line Is It Anyway?
-10.00% - The Neighborhood (vs. 4/13/20)
-28.57% - The Voice (vs. 4/20/20)
-50.00% - Roswell, New Mexico

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+50.00% - 9-1-1 (vs. The Resident)
+25.00% - The Baker and the Beauty (vs. The Fix)
+20.00% - All Rise (vs. The Code)
+16.67% - Bull
+14.29% - The Neighborhood - 8:30 (vs. Man with a Plan)
+12.50% - The Neighborhood - 8:00 (vs. The Big Bang Theory (Repeat))
0.00% - Songland (vs. The Enemy Within)
0.00% - The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart (vs. The Bachelorette Reunion: The Biggest Bachelorette Reunion in Bachelor History Ever!)
-9.09% - The Voice
-33.33% - Whose Line Is It Anyway? (vs. DC's Legends of Tomorrow)
-50.00% - Roswell, New Mexico (vs. Arrow)

Source: Nielsen Media Research, ShowBuzzDaily.com





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