RATINGS RECAP: 4/2/17

ABC
7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
8:00 Once Upon a Time
Viewers: 2.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 Match Game
Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
10:00 American Crime
Viewers: 1.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4

CBS
7:00 60 Minutes
Viewers: 9.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
8:00 Academy of Country Music Awards
Viewers: 10.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1

NBC
7:00 Little Big Shots (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
8:00 Little Big Shots
Viewers: 8.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
9:00 Chicago Justice
Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
10:00 Shades of Blue
Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

FOX
7:00 Bob's Burgers (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4
7:30 Bob's Burgers
Viewers: 1.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
8:00 The Simpsons
Viewers: 2.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
8:30 Making History
Viewers: 1.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
9:00 Family Guy (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
9:30 The Last Man on Earth
Viewers: 1.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

In what was arguably one of the worst ratings nights ever for the broadcast networks, only two regularly scheduled series were above a 1.0 demo. One of the two shows that didn't go fractional was 60 Minutes, which was still down big from last week's basketball lead-in edition. It led into the Academy of Country Music Awards, which was down a bit from last year but looked like the Super Bowl against the carnage on the other networks. On ABC, Once Upon a Time was down a tenth in viewers and the demo. Match Game replaced the cancelled Time After Time. It hit a new series low at a 0.6 demo, but it was an improvement on Time. I think ABC would have been better off putting this at 8pm and moving Once to 9pm. It would have probably helped Match and not hurt Once. At 10pm, American Crime was up two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo from last week's series low.

On NBC, Little Big Shots was the other regularly scheduled show above a 1.0 demo but it tumbled a big 1.1 million viewers and four tenths in the demo for a series low. At 9pm, Chicago Justice was up a tenth in viewers and down a tenth in the demo. After never doing it before, two Chicago shows have fallen below a 1.0 demo in a matter of four days. At 10pm, Shades of Blue was down three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo for a series low. Finally on FOX, Bob's Burgers was down four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo from last week's one hour episode. At 8pm, The Simpsons was down three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo for its first ever trip into fractional numbers. Making History was down two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo and The Last Man on Earth was down three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Academy of Country Music Awards (CBS)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Bob's Burgers (FOX)