RATINGS RECAP: 3/28/16

ABC
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
8:00 Once Upon a Time
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:00 The Family
Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
10:00 Quantico
Viewers: 3.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

CBS
7:00 60 Minutes
Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
8:00 Madam Secretary
Viewers: 8.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:00 The Good Wife
Viewers: 7.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
10:00 Elementary
Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

NBC
7:00 Little Big Shots (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
8:00 Little Big Shots
Viewers: 10.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
9:00 The Carmichael Show
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
9:30 Crowded
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
10:00 Hollywood Game Night
Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

FOX
7:00 Grease: Live (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4

On Easter Sunday, NBC's lineup took a major dip. It could be due to the holiday and not a trend, but we'll see. It's not too surprising that Little Big Shots took a dip as the casual family audience it aims for was probably quite preoccupied. Still, it fell a rough 2.7 million viewers and seven tenths in the demo. Next week will be much more telling. It took the comedies down with it as The Carmichael Show fell seven tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo and Crowded was down three tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. Only Hollywood Game Night was steady as it stayed at its series low in the demo and was also even in viewers.

On ABC, everything inched down again to more new lows. Once Upon a Time and The Family were both even in viewers and down a tenth in the demo while Quantico was down a tenth in both categories. This drop for Quantico means every new show for ABC except the recently launched The Real O'Neals and The Catch has dipped below a 1.0 in the demo. And it probably won't be long before the other two newbies do. Finally on CBS, 60 Minutes did not have a basketball lead-in and was down 2.8 million viewers and seven tenths in the demo. Madam Secretary was down nine tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo for series lows. The Good Wife was down six tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo while Elementary was down a tenth in viewers and even in the demo despite starting 35 minutes earlier than last week.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: NONE
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Quantico (ABC)

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