Sunday TV Ratings 4/17/22: NASCAR Leads Easter Sunday, AFV Surges, SWAT and NCIS: Los Angeles Climb Higher (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Fox led the way on Easter Sunday as the 'NASCAR Food City Dirt Race' (0.74) narrowly outpaced nearest competitor 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (0.72, +0.20). Though 'AFV' enjoyed a sizable surge, ABC's 'American Idol' (0.70, -0.03) shed three-hundredths when compared to the previous Sunday. On CBS, '60 Minutes' (0.55, -0.36) fell back down to Earth after its week-ago ratings explosion but that didn't stop 'The Equalizer' (0.56, +0.03), 'NCIS: Los Angeles' (0.57, +0.13), and 'SWAT' (0.48, +0.10) from making noticeable gains. On NBC, 'Weakest Link' (0.25, -0.07) and 'Transplant' (0.13, -0.07) lost seven-hundredths apiece. The 7PM rerun of 'American Song Contest' (0.13) was five-hundredths below the one from last Sunday (0.18). The CW's 'Riverdale' (0.06, +0.02) grew by two-hundredths and was followed by encores of 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' (0.06) and 'Would I Lie to You?' (0.04).

Finals Update: 'American Idol' (+0.1), 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (+0.1), 'NASCAR' (+0.1), and 'The Equalizer' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
7 PM	NASCAR Food City Dirt Race	0.74/6	4.01	Fox
	America's Funniest Home Videos	0.72/7	5.07	ABC
	60 Minutes	0.55/5	7.12	CBS
	American Song Contest (R)	0.13/1	0.95	NBC
8 PM	American Idol	0.70/6	5.27	ABC
	The Equalizer	0.56/5	6.64	CBS
	Riverdale	0.06/0	0.23	The CW
9 PM	NCIS: Los Angeles	0.57/4	5.64	CBS
	Weakest Link	0.25/2	1.72	NBC
	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	0.06/0	0.24	The CW
9:30 PM	Would I Lie To You? US (R)	0.04/0	0.20	The CW
10 PM	SWAT	0.48/4	4.04	CBS
	Transplant	0.13/1	1.09	NBC