ABC Wins 3rd Straight Week as AMERICAN IDOL Tops NBC's THE VOICE as TV's No. 1 Unscripted Series in Adults 18-49

ABC Beats NBC by 22% to Rank as the No. 1 Broadcaster for the 3rd Week Running

ABC's 'American Idol' Tops NBC's 'The Voice' as TV's No. 1 Unscripted Series

ABC Prime Time Grows by Double Digits in Adults 18-49 to a 4-Week High

With "Roseanne" returning to No. 1 after the prior week's repeat, ABC delivered a network-leading 5 of the Top 10 broadcast programs with Adults 18-49 during the week of April 30, 2018: "Roseanne" - No. 1, "NBA Playoffs on ABC-SA2" - No. 3, "American Idol-SUN" - No. 5, "Grey's Anatomy" - No. 8 and "The Middle" - No. 9. ABC's "American Idol" stood as the No. 1 unscripted series for the 2nd week in a row with Adults 18-49, once again topping both editions of NBC's "The Voice."

ABC Prime beat out runner-up NBC Prime by 22% during the week in Adults 18-49 (1.1/5 vs. 0.9/4), ranking as the No. 1 broadcaster for the 3rd week running and for the 5th time in the last 6 weeks.

ABC added 9% week to week in Total Viewers (4.9 million vs. 4.5 million) and jumped 22% Adults 18-49 (1.1/5 vs. 0.9/4), hitting a 4-week high with young adults - since w/o 4/2/18.

WEEK NO. 32: ADULTS 18-49 TOTAL VIEWERS

No.1 ABC 1.1 No.1 CBS 6,740,000

No.2 NBC 0.9 No.2 ABC 4,940,000

No.3 CBS 0.8 No.3 NBC 4,880,000

No.4 FOX 0.7 No.4 FOX 2,510,000

No.5 CW 0.3 No.5 CW 1,040,000

Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live + Same Day Program Ratings for week of 4/30/18.

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