Preliminary Ratings: Sunday 04/06/14

CBS easily took the Sunday night with the special presentation of the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, from 8 to 11 p.m. The awards show brought in 14.1 million viewers and a 3.3 rating in Adults 18-49. That is dramatically down 1.4 million viewers and a 23% in the demo numbers, from last year's show. It was a live event, so we will see on Tuesday if the numbers rebound closer to the 2013 ratings.

NBC Sunday night is looking more like a waste land than when it premiered a few weeks back. The night averaged less than a one in the A18-49 demographic and under 4 million viewers. I don not expect any of the three new series to see a second season.

A second season may now be in question for the new ABC series RESURRECTION. The free fall in the ratings is starting to get at a critical level. Not only was it below the ACM AWARDS, but FAMILY GUY, on FOX, pulled in more young viewers than RESURRECTION. Since the premiere, RESURRECTION is down, 6.4 million viewers and 1.7 (-45%) points in the demo ratings.
 

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 6.3 million viewers, 1.7 rating in Adults 18-49

CBS - 13.1 million viewers, 2.8 rating in Adults 18-49

CW - 1.4 million viewers, 0.5 rating in Adults 18-49

FOX - 3.7 million viewers, 1.5 rating in Adults 18-49

NBC - 3.9 million viewers, 0.8 rating in Adults 18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
7:00	ABC	AFV	6.00	1.3
7:30	ABC	Once Upon A Time	6.70	2.2	12%
8:00	ABC	Resurrection	7.50	2.1	12%
8:30	ABC	Revenge	4.90	1.3	-35%
7:00	CBS	60 Minutes	10.00	1.3
8:00	CBS	ACM Awards	14.10	3.3	41%
7:00	FOX	Bob's Burgers	2.30	0.9
7:30	FOX	American Dad	2.70	1.2	17%
8:00	FOX	The Simpsons	4.30	1.9	59%
8:30	FOX	Family Guy	4.70	2.3	9%
9:00	FOX	Cosmos: A Space Odyssey	4.00	1.5	-15%
7:00	NBC	Ann Curry Reports: Year of Extremes	4.10	0.6
9:00	NBC	American Dream Builders	2.91	0.6	-29%
10:00	NBC	Believe	3.10	1.0	7%
10:00	NBC	Crisis	4.40	1.0	42%

* - in millions