Sunday Ratings: ‘American Idol’, ‘60 Minutes’ Beat Critics Choice On The CW; ‘The Courtship’ Falls

Critics Choice Awards

UPDATE Mar. 15 – 1 P.M.: The 2022 Critics Choice Awards bounced back in ratings with the return to a live and in-person ceremony. With final numbers in, Sunday’s show brought in 1.1 million Total Viewers and a 0.2 rating in the 18-49 demo, nearly matching 2020’s pre-pandemic ceremony. In 2020, the Critics Choice Awards earned 1.2 million total viewers and a 0.2 demo rating.

The annual awards ceremony, which were simulcast on The CW and TBS, was up significantly from 2021’s virtual ceremony, which brought in 365,000 total viewers and a 0.1 demo rating.

Among the winners of the Sunday ceremony were The Power of the Dog, director Jane Campion, Ted Lasso and Succession. See the full list of winners here.

PREVIOUS Mar. 14 – 3 P.M.: American Idol and 60 Minutes were back at the top of primetime, as the highest-rated and most-watched programs of Sunday, respectively.

The ABC singing competition ticked down slightly from the previous week to earn a 0.9 rating in the 18-49 demo and 6.40 million viewers. 60 Minutes (0.7,7.59M) rose in the demo.

In early numbers, the two titles topped The CW’s broadcasts of the 27th annual Critics Choice Awards (0.1, 0.58M), which were live and also simulcast on TBS.

In addition to 60 Minutes, the first hour of Sunday primetime also featured America’s Home Videos (0.5, 4.76M), down three tenths from the previous week.

The Equalizer (0.6, 6.69M), which was steady, was the most-watched program of the 8 p.m. hour. The CBS drama also topped The Simpsons (0.3, 1.07M), The Great North (0.2, 0.73M0 and The Courtship (0.1, 0.59M). The NBC newcomer dropped one tenth from its premiere (0.2, 0.92M).

NCIS: Los Angeles (0.4, 5.16M) topped the 9 p.m. hour while the Weakest Link returned for Season 2 (0.2, 1.45M). Bob’s Burgers (0.3, 0.94M) was steady but fell under 1 million viewers. Family Guy (0.3, 1.00M) slipped slightly.

The night came to a close with S.W.A.T. steady (0.5, 4.08M) and at the top of the hour, while Transplant (0.1, 1.11M) was steady with its 0.1 demo rating and The Rookie (0.4, 3.19M) fell by one tenth.

On Monday, ABC features the penultimate episode of The Bachelor. NBC touts the Season 1 finale of America’s Got Talent and Fox has the season finale of The Cleaning Lady.