RATINGS RECAP: 4/22/12

ABC
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos
Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
8:00 Once Upon a Time
Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0
9:00 Movie: Firelight
Viewers: 7.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

CBS
7:00 60 Minutes
Viewers: 13.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
8:00 The Amazing Race
Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
9:00 The Good Wife
Viewers: 10.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
10:00 NYC 22
Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

NBC
7:00 Dateline NBC
Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
8:00 Harry's Law
Viewers: 8.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
9:00 Celebrity Apprentice
Viewers: 6.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 

FOX
7:00 Married... with Children (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
7:30 The Simpsons (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
8:00 Fox's 25th Anniversary Special
Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 

On Sunday night, CBS was all new with its regular lineup. 60 Minutes started off the night up 2 million viewers and four tenths in the demo. Getting 13 million viewers without a football lead-in is not bad. At 8pm, The Amazing Race was dead even in viewers and the demo. The Good Wife followed and was up two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. Where will CBS put this show in the fall? Finally at 10pm, NYC 22 was down 1.5 million viewers and a tenth in the demo from its series premiere. It's not a terrible drop for Week 2 but it's a moot point since this show was DOA. FOX had a night of commemoration with its 25th Anniversary Special. A special airing of the pilot of Married... with Children did not do bad at all for a show that is over 20 years old and readily available on DVD and cable. The actual Anniversary Special did not do as well as expected but it did skew young, typical of FOX's history.

On ABC, America's Funniest Home Videos was down half a million viewers and two tenths in the demo. Once Upon a Time was up seven tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo from its last new airing and it hit a 3 demo for the first time since March 4. To be doing a 3 at 8pm this time of year is pretty darn good. A Hallmark Hall of Fame movie did better than the previous two but still skewed old. Over on NBC, Dateline NBC was down six tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo, Harry's Law was up three tenths in viewers but even in the demo, and Celebrity Apprentice was down four tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. Apprentice really should have been up since the finale is nearing and the competition was light.