Sunday TV Ratings 6/8/25: Tony Awards Soar to Seven-Year High, NBA Finals Dip Further, Rick & Morty Hits Series Low [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: The Tony Awards posted a massive 0.86 rating on CBS, more than doubling last June's ceremony (0.41) in the Adults 18-49 demographic. Game two of the NBA Finals (2.48, -0.11) was a tenth below game one on ABC. Repeats of Destination X (0.15) and SNL50 (0.14) aired on NBC. Fox's UFL broadcast (0.20) did relatively well, but a 9:30 p.m. rerun of Going Dutch (0.04) was Sunday night's lowest-rated program among the five broadcast networks, even going below the CW's repeat of Whose Line (0.05) and Back to the Future (0.12). Key: (R) = repeat.

Sunday TV Ratings 6/16/24: Tony Awards Slip from 2023, Olympic Swimming Trials Lead, UFL Soars for Championship [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: The Tony Awards (0.41) performed reasonably well on CBS but were down slightly from last year's ceremony (0.46). On NBC, the US Olympic Trials (0.48) were down from Saturday but topped the night in the Adults 18-49 demographic. Repeat showings of The Wall (0.46) and Weakest Link (0.24) sandwiched the Trials. UFL (0.39, +0.19) soared on Fox, but a TMZ Investigates special (0.09) and Grimsburg rerun (0.05) dropped dramatically from there. On ABC, The Jungle Book (0.20) was a tenth below the America's Funniest Home Videos encore (0.30) that led into it. On the CW, 1998 film Armageddon (0.07) beat the week-ago I Am Legend (0.05).

Sunday TV Ratings 6/11/23: Tony Awards Drop, USFL Weak, 60 Minutes Repeat Leads (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: The CBS telecast of 'The 76th Annual Tony Awards' (0.46) was down close to 20% from last year's ceremony (0.57) in the Adults 18-49 demographic but only declined by 2% in terms of total viewership (4.12 million vs. 4.22). It's definitely possible that many who watched the 'Tony Awards' a year ago aged out of the key demographic. Earlier in the night, '60 Minutes' (0.56) was a tenth higher than the 'Tonys' and topped the evening altogether. On Fox, the 'Philadelphia v. New Jersey' USFL match (0.17) performed poorly and lost out to NBC's reruns of 'American Ninja Warrior' (0.23) and 'America's Got Talent' (0.21). ABC's repeats of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (0.35) and 'Shark Tank' (0.29/0.33/0.25) were a step above the peacock network. The CW had encores of '100 Days To Indy' (0.03), 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' (0.03) and 'The Great American Joke Off' (0.03).

Finals Update: 'The 76th Annual Tony Awards' (+0.2) and 'USFL: Philadelphia v. New Jersey' (+0.1) adjusted up. 

Sunday TV Ratings 6/12/22: Tony Awards Top 2021 Ceremony, Duncanville Sets New Season High, Time100 Special Mediocre, Riverdale Stays Pathetic (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: CBS's broadcast of the 75th Annual Tony Awards (0.57) was the night's top broadcast by a comfortable margin and outrated the 2021 ceremony (0.37) by a full two-tenths. In the 7PM hour, '60 Minutes' (0.38) posted the same rating as last week. ABC seemingly tried to compete with the 'Tony Awards' by airing a 'TIME100' special (0.28) that honored the world's most influential people. That plan backfired completely given that the 'TIME' broadcast was at less than half of what the 'Tony Awards' managed in the 18-49 demographic. A sturdy 'AFV' rerun (0.41) preceded the gala while encores of 'Abbott Elementary' (0.20/0.17) and 'The $100,000 Pyramid' (0.25) held down the 9-11PM stretch. NBC had little luck with repeats of 'Weakest Link' (0.21) and 'Dancing With Myself' (0.18) but got more mileage out of a 9PM 'America's Got Talent' encore (0.34). Animated comedy 'Duncanville' (0.19/0.20) was up significantly from last week's pair of episodes (0.13/0.12), and the 9:30 episode managed to set a new season high. Repeats of 'MasterChef' (0.10), 'The Simpsons' (0.19), and 'Bob's Burgers' (0.20) aired before 'Duncan'. 'Riverdale' (0.04, 0.00) held steady at its miserable rating and was more than doubled by the rerun of 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' (0.09) that followed it. Whatever small momentum the CW gathered at 9 evaporated at 9:30 when an encore of 'Would I Lie To You?' (0.02) posted an absolutely dreadful number.

Finals Update: The '75th Annual Tony Awards' (+0.2), 'TIME100' (+0.1), and the repeat of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (+0.1) adjusted up.