Preliminary Ratings: Sunday 03/18/2018

CBS wins the Sunday night ratings, with 30 minutes of NCAA Tournament overrun, which delivered 12.2 million viewers and a 2.9 rating in Adults 18-49, into primetime. 60 MINUTES posted above-average ratings, starting at 7:30 PM. New drama, INSTINCT did relatively descent numbers, ranking second in its time slot.

ABC's AMERICAN IDOL dropped 1.8 million viewers and 22% in the A18-49 demo, from last Sunday's premiere. Crime drama, DECEPTION did win its 10 PM time slot, but lost 25% from last week's premiere episode and drops about 50% from its lead in.

NBC premiered two series on the night, with the 2-hour season premiere of LITTLE BIG SHOTS leading the night off in scond place, for the 7 PM hour and third in the 8 PM hour. New game show, GENIUS JUNIOR edged out FOX in the 9 PM hour, for third place. TIMELESS was last in its time slot.

FOX was last, with the comedies performing near normal levels for the early spring.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	6.20 million	0.9	1.3	1.8
CBS	9.00 million	0.8	1.3	1.9
CW	0.00 million	0.0	0.0	0.0
FOX	1.80 million	0.6	0.8	0.9
NBC	5.40 million	0.5	0.9	1.3

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
7:00	ABC	AFV	5.30	0.4	0.8	1.3
8:00	ABC	American Idol	7.70	1.2	1.8	2.3
10:00	ABC	Deception	4.20	0.6	0.9	1.1
7:00	CBS	NCAA Tournament	12.20	2.2	2.9	3.7
7:30	CBS	60 Minutes	10.00	0.9	1.6	2.2
8:30	CBS	Instinct (SP)	8.80	0.5	1.0	1.5
9:30	CBS	NCIS: LA	8.00	0.4	0.9	1.4
10:30	CBS	Madam Secretary	6.40	0.3	0.6	1.1
7:00	FOX	Bob's Burgers [R]	1.40	0.3	0.5	0.5
7:30	FOX	Bob's Burgers	1.70	0.6	0.7	0.8
8:00	FOX	The Simpsons	2.10	0.6	0.8	1.0
8:30	FOX	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	1.90	0.7	0.9	1.0
9:00	FOX	Family Guy	2.30	0.8	1.0	1.2
9:30	FOX	The Last Man On Earth	1.60	0.5	0.7	0.7
7:00	NBC	Little Big Shots (SP)	6.70	0.6	0.9	1.4
9:00	NBC	Genius Junior (SP)	5.10	0.6	1.0	1.3
10:00	NBC	Timeless	2.90	0.3	0.7	0.9

* - viewers in millions