Preliminary Ratings: Saturday 04/28/2018

NBC was the top network in the A18-49 demographic, with a 0.5 rating, while CBS was most watched networks, drawing an average of 3.45 million viewers. FOX was in last place, no matter how you measured it, with just 700k in total viewers and a 0.2 demo rating.

NBC' coverage of the NHL Playoffs drew just over 1.8 million viewers, with that 0.5 demographic rating.

CBS grew as the night went on, with 2.6 million viewers for a new RANSOM episode, at 8 PM, to the 4.4 million viewers for 48 HOURS, at 10 PM. The newsmagazine was the #1 show in the A18-49 demo, with a 0.6 rating.

An AMERICAN IDOL encore pushed ABC to third, with over 2.3 million viewers, followed by an encore of JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, at 10 PM, keeping 1.7 million.

FOX averaged 800,000 viewers, with overrun coverage of Motorcycle racing, then premiere boxing, at 8:30.