ABC Wins Its 2nd Straight Week With a Net-Leading 9 of the Top 20 TV Shows in Adults 18-49
ABC won its 2nd consecutive week among Adults 18-49 (1.1/5 - w/o 4/2/18), finishing No. 1 during primetime for the 4th time in the past 6 weeks.
- The Network delivered its 6th straight week of year-over-year viewership growth. ABC was also once again the most improved broadcaster on both measures, growing from the year-ago week (w/o 4/3/17) by 9% in Total Viewers (4.8 million vs. 4.4 million) and by 10% in Adults 18-49 (1.1/5 vs. 1.0/4).
For the 2nd week running, ABC aired a network-leading 9 of the week's Top 20 TV programs in Adults 18-49. The Net also claimed 2 of the Top 3 comedies with "Roseanne" repeating at No. 1 and "The Middle" coming in at No. 3, just 2-tenths shy of catching CBS' "The Big Bang Theory" for No. 2. Rankings: "Roseanne" - No. 2, "The Middle" - No. 5, "Grey's Anatomy" - No. 10, "American Idol-SUN," "Modern Family" and "black-ish" tied at - No. 12, while "American Idol-MON," "Splitting Up Together" and "The Goldbergs" tied at No. 17. ABC's "Roseanne" stood as the most watched TV show for the 2nd week in a row.
No.1 ABC 1.1 No.1 CBS 7,270,000
No.2 CBS 1.0 No.2 NBC 4,820,000
No.3 NBC 0.9 No.3 ABC 4,810,000
No.4 FOX 0.7 No.4 FOX 2,320,000
No.5 CW 0.3 No.5 CW 910,000
Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live + Same Day Program Ratings for week of 4/2/18.
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