Saturday TV Ratings 4/30/22: Beauty and the Beast Modest, Dateline Tops Low Night, USFL Weaker (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: ABC's broadcast of 1991 animated feature 'Beauty and the Beast' (0.28) was about two-hundredths lower than last week's 'Lion King' (0.30) but ended up being the second highest-rated broadcast of the night. An encore of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (0.20) occupied the 10PM hour. NBC's rerun of 'Dateline' (0.30) topped the evening and led into a passable 'SNL Vintage' (0.26). CBS's '48 Hours' (0.21, -0.03) dipped by three-hundredths and led out of repeats of 'The Equalizer' (0.20) and itself (0.18). Fox's 'Stallions v. Breakers' USFL game (0.22) nabbed third place in the 8PM timeslot. On the CW, 'Would I Lie To You?' (0.03, -0.02) and 'Masters of Illusion' (0.03, -0.01) inched down from last week. A repeat of 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' (0.04) secured the 8PM slot while a 'Masters' encore (0.02) settled for 9:30.

Finals Update: All shows held their preliminary ratings.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Dateline NBC (R)	0.30/3	2.79	NBC
	Beauty and the Beast	0.28/3	1.53	ABC
	USFL: Stallions v. Breakers	0.22/2	2.14	Fox
	The Equalizer (R)	0.20/2	0.95	CBS
	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	0.04/0	0.45	The CW
8:30 PM	Would I Lie To You? US	0.03/0	0.24	The CW
9 PM	48 Hours (R)	0.18/2	1.98	CBS
	Masters of Illusion	0.03/0	0.24	The CW
9:30 PM	Masters of Illusion (R)	0.02/0	0.25	The CW
10 PM	SNL Vintage	0.26/3	1.82	NBC
	48 Hours	0.21/2	2.73	CBS
	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)	0.20/2	1.36	ABC