Sunday TV Ratings: ‘American Idol’ & ’60 Minutes’ Divide Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday in primetime television didn’t change viewership results much with CBS’ 60 Minutes leading in total viewers for the night and ABC’s American Idol — with the first of two “This Is Me” episodes — taking the lead with the 18-49 demographic.

CBS procedurals NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans also performed well, both winning their time slots in total viewers. Also, a re-airing of NBC’s 2018 live-event Jesus Christ Superstar starring John Legend performed with a respectable 3.14 million viewers and 0.4 rating in the 18-49 demo.

Here’s the breakdown for Sunday, April 12, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):

Time	Show	Adults 18-49 ratings	Total Viewers (millions)
7:00 p.m.	America’s Funniest Home Videos – R (ABC)	0.8	5.71
	60 Minutes (CBS)	0.9	9.56
	The Simpsons– R (Fox)	0.3	1.10
	Jesus Christ Superstar – R (NBC)	0.4	3.14
7:30 p.m.	Ice Age: The Great Egg – R  (Fox)	0.3	1.03
8 p.m.	American Idol (ABC)	1.0	5.82
	God Friended Me  (CBS)	0.6	5.84
	The Simpsons – R (Fox)	0.4	1.25
	Batwoman – R  (CW)	0.1	488,000
8:30 p.m.	Duncanville – R (Fox)	0.4	1.06
9 p.m.	NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)	0.7	6.71
	Bob’s Burgers – R (Fox)	0.4	1.16
	Supergirl – R (CW)	0.1	315,000
9:30 p.m.	Family Guy – R  (Fox)	0.4	1.30
	Dateline (NBC)	.45	2.64
10 p.m.	The Rookie (ABC)	0.7	4.77
	NCIS: New Orleans  (CBS)	0.6	6.04