Sunday TV Ratings 4/26/20: God Friended Me Up and Down for Series Finale, American Idol and Good Girls Drop, Duncanville Below 1 Million Viewers (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: ABC's 'American Idol' (1.0) remained Sunday's top program despite being down two ticks from its last original (1.2). It was a new season low for the singing-competition series but it had already fallen to this level before in spring 2019.  Lead-out drama 'The Rookie' (0.7) inched up a notch but a 7pm Disney sing-along encore (0.6) was substantially weaker than a usual 'AFV' broadcast. 'God Friended Me' (0.6/0.5) aired its final two episodes on CBS, roughly in-line with its usual performance. It was surrounded by steady showings of '60 Minutes' (0.9) and 'NCIS: Los Angeles' (0.6). Fox was even across the board with 'The Simpsons' (0.5), 'Duncanville' (0.4), 'Bob's Burgers' (0.5), and 'Family Guy' (0.6). While the cartoons were steady, everything but 'Family Guy' matched its series low. NBC's lineup got a little worse as 'Little Big Shots' (0.3), 'The Wall' (0.4), 'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist' (0.3), and 'Good Girls' (0.3) all lost a precious tenth. 'Big Shots' and 'Zoey' tied their previous lows while 'The Wall' and 'Good Girls' cemented fresh new ones. The CW's 'Batwoman' (0.2) was steady in its return, not far off from NBC's numbers. It led into a 'Supergirl' repeat (0.1).

Finals Update: NCIS: Los Angeles (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
7 PM	60 Minutes	0.9/6	10.90	CBS
	Disney Family Singalong (R)	0.6/3	3.10	ABC
	Little Big Shots	0.3/2	2.94	NBC
	The Simpsons (R)	0.3/2	0.87	Fox
7:30 PM	Bob's Burgers (R)	0.3/2	0.82	Fox
8 PM	American Idol	1.0/5	6.09	ABC
	God Friended Me	0.6/3	6.31	CBS
	The Simpsons	0.5/3	1.35	Fox
	The Wall	0.4/2	2.82	NBC
	Batwoman	0.2/1	0.63	The CW
8:30 PM	Duncanville	0.4/2	0.98	Fox
9 PM	Bob's Burgers	0.5/3	1.29	Fox
	God Friended Me (Series Finale)	0.5/3	6.10	CBS
	Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist	0.3/2	1.70	NBC
	Supergirl (R)	0.1/0	0.35	The CW
9:30 PM	Family Guy	0.6/3	1.54	Fox
10 PM	The Rookie	0.7/4	4.96	ABC
	NCIS: Los Angeles	0.5/3	5.26	CBS
	Good Girls	0.3/2	1.58	NBC

Key:

(R) = repeat

Sunday TV Ratings, 4/19/20: ’NCIS: New Orleans’ Down For Finale, ’The Simpsons’ Matches Series Low

Here are the final broadcast ratings for Sunday, April 19, 2020.

The cast of hit show 'Simpsons'. Photo Credit: Simpsons World

God Friended Me Canceled by CBS

God may have friended the lead of CBS's God Friended Me, but CBS ended him. The network has decided to cancel the comedy-drama series after two seasons. The show was an OK performer for CBS in season one, but it tanked nearly 30% this season and sunk as low as 0.4, averaging a 0.66 thanks to airing frequently on nights with an NFL lead-in. The show is produced by CBS alongside Warner Brothers, who have the distribution rights, which may have been a factor in its demise. God Friended Me is the fourth drama on CBS to exit this season, after Criminal Minds and Madam Secretary wrapped pre-announced final seasons and Hawaii Five-0 was canceled mid-season. Brandon Micheal Hall, Violett Beane, Joe Morton and Surah Sharma starred in the series, which will air its series finale on April 26. Below are the ratings for Season 2 of God Friended Me:

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Sunday TV Ratings 4/12/20: American Idol Clip Show Leads Easter, NCIS: New Orleans and The Rookie Slip, Ice Age Easter Special Low (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: Easter Sunday was a quiet night for broadcast television as the only show to clear the 1.0 threshold was a clip show of ABC's 'American Idol' (1.0). It was surrounded by a repeat of 'AFV' (0.8) at 7 and drama 'The Rookie' (0.7) at 10. The latter took a one-tenth dip from its last episode. CBS was fairly steady with '60 Minutes' (0.9), 'God Friended Me' (0.6), and 'NCIS: Los Angeles' (0.7) all matching their previous broadcasts. At 10, 'NCIS: New Orleans' (0.6) inched down on a week-to-week basis. NBC had repeats of 'Jesus Christ Superstar Live' (0.4) and 'Dateline NBC' (0.4). The Jesus Christ special was a far cry from the robust 1.7 rating it posted for its original broadcast on April 1, 2018 (over 2 years ago!). The silver lining was that it actually improved from last week's showing of 'Little Big Shots' (0.3).

FOX also brought back an Easter special they have not aired since April 1, 2018. 'Ice Age: The Great Egg-scapade' (0.3) was down a tenth from the last time it aired (0.4). It had minimal help from a 'Simpsons' repeat (0.3) lead-in at 7. From 8-10, Fox had 0.4s across the board for their cartoon repeat lineup, including recently-renewed 'Duncanville' which continues to match  the rating it has posted for some original episodes. The CW fell into last place as usual with low-rated repeats of 'Batwoman' (0.1) and 'Supergirl' (0.1).

Finals Update: 'The Rookie' (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
7 PM	60 Minutes	0.9/5	9.68	CBS
	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)	0.8/4	5.60	ABC
	Jesus Christ Superstar Live (R)	0.4/2	3.13	NBC
	The Simpsons (R)	0.3/2	1.04	Fox
7:30 PM	Ice Age: The Great Egg-scapade	0.3/1	0.99	Fox
8 PM	American Idol	1.0/5	5.63	ABC
	God Friended Me	0.6/3	5.69	CBS
	The Simpsons (R)	0.4/2	1.26	Fox
	Batwoman (R)	0.1/0	0.44	The CW
8:30 PM	Duncanville (R)	0.4/2	1.08	Fox
9 PM	NCIS: Los Angeles	0.7/3	6.77	CBS
	Bob's Burgers (R)	0.4/2	1.14	Fox
	Supergirl (R)	0.1/0	0.31	The CW
9:30 PM	Dateline NBC	0.4/2	2.73	NBC
	Family Guy (R)	0.4/2	1.31	Fox
10 PM	NCIS: New Orleans	0.6/3	5.88	CBS
	The Rookie	0.6/3	4.57	ABC

Key:

(R) = repeat

Sunday TV Rating 3/29/20: iHeart Concert Tops The Night, Idol and Funniest Home Videos Strong (UPDATED)

Finals Updated: iHeart Living Room Concert for America (+0.2) adjusted up. Repeats of The Simpsons (-0.1) and Family Guy (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
7 PM	America’s Funniest Home Videos	1.1/5	6.54	ABC
	60 Minutes	1.0/6	10.51	CBS
	Little Big Shots	0.4/2	2.92	NBC
	Last Man Standing (R)	0.3/2	1.25	Fox
7:30 PM	Outmatched (R)	0.2/1	0.82	Fox
8 PM	American Idol	1.3/6	7.32	ABC
	God Friended Me	0.6/3	6.24	CBS
	The Wall	0.5/2	3.06	NBC
	The Simpsons (R)	0.4/2	1.25	Fox
	Batwoman (R)	0.1/1	0.44	The CW
8:30 PM	Family Guy (R)	0.5/3	1.48	Fox
9 PM	iHeart Living Room Concert for America	1.5/7	5.48	Fox
	NCIS: Los Angeles	0.7/3	7.01	CBS
	Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist	0.4/2	1.88	NBC
	Supergirl (R)	0.1/1	0.36	The CW
10 PM	NCIS: New Orleans	0.7/3	6.50	CBS
	The Rookie (R)	0.5/3	2.68	ABC
	Good Girls	0.5/3	1.98	NBC