Preliminary Ratings: Sunday 03/04/2018

THE OSCARS dominate the Sunday night ratings, scoring 24.4 million viewers and a 6.4 rating in Adults 18-49. Compared to last year, that is down 8.5 million viewers and off by 30% in the A18-49 demo. The losses is even bigger when compared to 2016's show, with a drop of 10 million and 4.1 points in the demo.

The other three networks aired encore programming, with NBC's airing of the movie, FURIOUS 7 doing slightly better than series encores.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	22.50 million	4.3	5.8	7.1
CBS	4.50 million	0.3	0.5	0.9
CW	0.00 million	0.0	0.0	0.0
FOX	1.80 million	0.3	0.5	0.6
NBC	2.70 million	0.4	0.6	0.8

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
7:00	ABC	Oscars Opening Ceremony	16.60	3.0	4.0	4.8
8:00	ABC	The Oscars	24.40	4.7	6.4	7.8
7:00	CBS	60 Minutes	6.50	0.5	0.8	1.3
8:00	CBS	NCIS [R]	4.20	0.2	0.4	0.7
9:00	CBS	BULL [R]	3.90	0.2	0.4	0.7
10:00	CBS	NCIS: LA [R]	3.50	0.2	0.4	0.7
7:00	FOX	Billy Graham Special	2.90	0.3	0.5	0.7
8:00	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	1.50	0.3	0.5	0.6
8:30	FOX	Ghosted [R]	1.00	0.2	0.4	0.5
9:00	FOX	Family Guy [R]	1.20	0.3	0.5	0.6
9:30	FOX	LA to Vegas [R]	1.00	0.2	0.4	0.5
7:00	NBC	Dateline	4.00	0.3	0.6	0.9
8:00	NBC	Movie: Furious 7	2.30	0.4	0.6	0.8

* - viewers in millions