ABC's ROSEANNE Tops THE WALKING DEAD Finale as the Week's No. 1 TV Show
During the week of April 9, 2018, ABC's 'Roseanne" stood as the No. 1 TV showin both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, notably topping AMC's season finale of "The Walking Dead." ABC aired 6 of the week's Top 20 TV programs in Adults 18-49, placing a net-leading 4 in the Top 10 and claiming 2 of the Top 3 comedieswith "Roseanne" (No. 1) and "The Middle" (No. 3), as the latter trailed only CBS' "The Big Bang Theory."
Weekly Rankings: "Roseanne" - No. 1, "The Middle" - No. 5, "James Comey - An ABC News Exclusive Event Interview" and "Grey's Anatomy" tied No. 10, "American Idol-MON" - No. 13 and "Modern Family" - No. 19.
- ABC marked its 7th consecutive week of year-over-year viewership growth, building on the same week last year (w/o 4/10/17) by 9% in Total Viewers (4.9 million vs. 4.5 million) and by 11% in Adults 18-49 (1.0/4 vs. 0.9/4).
WEEK NO. 28: ADULTS 18-49 TOTAL VIEWERS
No.1 CBS 1.1 No.1 CBS 7,200,000
No.2 ABC 1.0 No.2 ABC 4,910,000
No.3 NBC 0.9 No.3 NBC 4,660,000
No.4 FOX 0.8 No.4 FOX 2,610,000
No.5 CW 0.3 No.5 CW 1,110,000
Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live + Same Day Program Ratings for week of 4/9/18.
