Sunday TV Ratings: ’60 Minutes’ & ‘American Idol’ Split the Night

Jim Halterman March 16, 2020, 12:00 pm

With interest in the COVID-19 understandably at a high, it’s no surprise CBS’ newsmagazine 60 Minutes, which had a story on how U.S. health officials and hospitals are dealing with the virus, was on top in total viewers for Sunday primetime television. A total of 10.27 million viewers tuned in to the episode.

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In the 18-49 demo, it was music that viewers were after with ABC’s American Idol grabbing a 1.3 rating to be #1 in the demo for the night. Viewership was steady with previous weeks with 7.48 million total viewers.

Here’s the breakdown for Sunday, March 15, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):

Time	Show	Adults 18-49 ratings	Total Viewers (millions)
7:00 p.m.	60 Minutes (CBS)	1.0	10.27
	America’s Funniest Home Videos – R (ABC)	0.8	6.19
	The Masked Singer– R (Fox)	0.3	1.32
	The Wall (NBC)	0.6	3.27
8 p.m.	American Idol (ABC)	1.3	7.48
	The Simpsons (Fox)	0.6	1.68
	God Friended Me (CBS)	0.6	6.02
	Little Big Shots (NBC)	0.4	2.65
	Batwoman (CW)	0.2	783,000
8:30 p.m.	Duncanville (Fox)	0.4	1.19
9 p.m.	Bob’s Burgers (Fox)	0.6	1.56
	NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)	0.6	6.32
	Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (NBC)	0.4	1.98
	Supergirl (CW)	0.2	663,000
9:30 p.m.	Family Guy (Fox)	0.6	1.70
10 p.m.	The Rookie (ABC)	0.8	5.14
	NCIS: New Orleans (CBS)	0.6	5.89
	Good Girls (NBC)	0.4	1.84