ABC Prime Wins With AMERICAN IDOL Emerging as the Net's No. 1 Show and the Week's No. 2 TV Series

With "Roseanne" airing a repeat, ABC's first live broadcast of "American Idol" grew to best-since-premiere numbers on Sunday and emerged as ABC's No. 1 show and the week's No. 2 TV series in Adults 18-49, beating CBS' "Young Sheldon" and trailing only its top-rated "The Big Bang Theory." During the week of April 23, 2018, ABC claimed a net-leading 8 of the week's Top 15 series telecasts in Adults 18-49: "American Idol-SUN" - No. 2, "Grey's Anatomy," "Roseanne SP 2-4/24" and "Roseanne SP 3-4/24" tied at No. 7,"American Idol-MON" - No. 11, "Roseanne" and "Roseanne SP 1-4/24" tied at No. 12 and "America's Funniest Home Videos" - No. 15.

• ABC Prime Time led the week in Adults 18-49 (0.9/4), ranking as the No. 1 broadcaster for the 2nd week in a row and for the 4th time in the last 5 weeks.

• ABC delivered its 9th straight week of year-over-year Total Viewer growth, gaining 10% from the same week last year (4.5 million vs. 4.1 million), while holding exactly even with Adults 18-49 (0.9/4).

WEEK NO. 31: ADULTS 18-49 TOTAL VIEWERS
No.1 ABC 0.9 No.1 CBS 6,400,000
No.2 CBS 0.8 No.2 ABC 4,480,000
No.2 NBC 0.8 No.3 NBC 4,360,000
No.2 FOX 0.8 No.4 FOX 2,690,000
No.5 CW 0.4 No.5 CW 1,300,000

Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live + Same Day Program Ratings for week of 4/23/18.