Sunday TV Ratings 5/12/24: TIME100 and American Ninja Warrior Specials Weak, American Idol Rebounds, The Simpsons and Krapopolis Slide [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: ABC's TIME100 special (0.24) proved to be a Nielsen ratings dud, retaining less than 40% of its soaring American Idol lead-in (0.63, +0.12). In the 7 p.m. time slot, America's Funniest Home Videos (0.56, +0.12) grew by the same amount as Idol and remained a notch above CBS's 60 Minutes (0.43, +0.07). On the drama front, The Equalizer (0.36, +0.01) and CSI: Vegas (0.25, +0.01) perked up, while Tracker (0.42, -0.01) ticked down. On Fox, The Simpsons (0.16, -0.10), Krapopolis (0.12, -0.08), and The Great North (0.12, -0.05) all collapsed. Grimsburg (0.09, -0.04) was also down considerably for its season finale. On NBC, American Ninja Warrior: Women's Championship (0.20) was modest at best. 2008 film Mamma Mia! managed a 0.08 rating on the CW, a minor improvement over last week's Walk the Line (0.06).

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
7 PM	America's Funniest Home Videos	0.56	8	4.20	ABC
	60 Minutes	0.43	6	6.22	CBS
	American Ninja Warrior (R)	0.17	2	1.35	NBC
	Mamma Mia!	0.08	1	0.55	CW
	Next Level Chef (R)	0.04	0	0.26	Fox
8 PM	American Idol	0.63	7	5.22	ABC
	The Equalizer	0.36	4	5.76	CBS
	The Simpsons	0.16	2	0.72	Fox
8:30 PM	Krapopolis	0.12	1	0.49	Fox
9 PM	Tracker	0.42	4	7.30	CBS
	American Ninja Warrior: Women's Championship	0.20	2	1.25	NBC
	The Great North	0.12	1	0.47	Fox
9:30 PM	Grimsburg (F)	0.09	1	0.38	Fox
	The Conners (R)	0.04	0	0.29	CW
10 PM	CSI: Vegas	0.25	3	4.16	CBS
	TIME100: The World's Most Influential People	0.24	3	1.95	ABC