Preliminary Ratings: Sunday 05/17/15

The 2015 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS were the only real player, on Sunday night, generating over 11 million viewers and strong numbers in both the A18-49 and A25-54 demographics. The awards show is up, slightly, from lat year's 10.7 million viewers and 3.5 rating in Adults 18-49. This will solidify ABC's win of the May sweeps, in the A18-49 category.

Just about everything else tanked on the night. CBS gave us two burn-off episodes of BATTLE CREEK. NBC's two new dramas are hitting rock bottom. The FOX animated comedies, drew minimal numbers for their season finales. If you were not watching the awards show, you were not watching network TV.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-49	A25-54+
ABC	9.9 million	3.1	3.6
CBS	6.4 million	0.8	1.2
CW	0.0 million	0.0	0.0
FOX	2.3 million	1.0	1.2
NBC	4.7 million	0.9	1.2

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	A25-54
7:00	ABC	AFV	6.40	1.4	1.8
8:00	ABC	Billboard Music Awards	11.10	3.7	4.2
7:00	CBS	60 Minutes	8.70	1.0	1.5
8:00	CBS	I Love Lucy Superstar Special	6.40	0.9	1.3
9:00	CBS	Battle Creek	5.10	0.6	0.9
10:00	CBS	Battle Creek	5.30	0.6	1.0
7:00	FOX	The Simpsons [R]	1.50	0.6	0.7
7:30	FOX	Bob's Burgers	1.90	0.9	1.0
8:00	FOX	The Simpsons (SF)	2.80	1.2	1.4
8:30	FOX	Brooklyn Nine-Nine (SF)	2.20	1.1	1.2
9:00	FOX	Family Guy (SF)	2.80	1.3	1.5
9:30	FOX	Bob's Burgers (SF)	2.40	1.1	1.3
7:00	NBC	Dateline	5.70	1.1	1.5
9:00	NBC	AD: The Bible Continues	4.80	0.8	1.2
10:00	NBC	American Odyssey	2.70	0.4	0.7

* - in millions