Saturday TV Ratings 4/23/22: The Lion King Tops Quiet Saturday Night, Masters of Illusion Stays Invisible (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Though it barely managed a 0.3 rating, ABC's telecast of 2019 film 'The Lion King' (0.30) found itself leading the pack on a quiet Saturday evening. After the movie ended, ABC opted to air another rerun of 'Abbott Elementary' (0.19). NBC had a modest 'Dateline' rerun (0.27) and a slightly heftier 'SNL Vintage' (0.28). CBS had feeble reruns of 'NCIS' (0.11) and 'FBI: Most Wanted' (0.16) that likely caused '48 Hours' (0.24, -0.07) to decline by seven-hundredths. Fox's repeats of '9-1-1' (0.09) and 'The Cleaning Lady' (0.07) were at an even more pitiful level. 'Would I Lie To You?' (0.05) was flat on the CW while 'Masters of Illusion' (0.04, +0.01) grew by a hundredth. Reruns of 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' (0.06) and 'Illusion' itself (0.04) occupied the 8PM and 9:30PM timeslots respectively.

Finals Update: 'Masters of Illusion' (-0.1), the 'Masters of Illusion' repeat (-0.1), '48 Hours' (-0.1), and the 'NCIS' repeat (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	The Lion King	0.30/3	1.82	ABC
	Dateline NBC (R)	0.27/3	2.79	NBC
	NCIS (R)	0.11/1	1.84	CBS
	9-1-1 (R)	0.09/1	0.70	Fox
	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	0.06/1	0.42	The CW
8:30 PM	Would I Lie To You? US	0.05/1	0.31	The CW
9 PM	FBI: Most Wanted (R)	0.16/2	1.79	CBS
	The Cleaning Lady (R)	0.07/1	0.50	Fox
	Masters of Illusion	0.04/0	0.31	The CW
9:30 PM	Masters of Illusion (R)	0.04/0	0.37	The CW
10 PM	SNL Vintage	0.28/3	1.92	NBC
	48 Hours	0.24/2	2.58	CBS
10:30 PM	Abbott Elementary (R)	0.19/2	0.96	ABC