Ratings: Tracker Surges to Its Biggest Audience Since Premiere
A quick Sunday ratings catch-up, now that CBS’ Masters-scrambled numbers have finally been sorted out….
CBS | Airing at a special time — leading out of a Masters tourney-boosted 60 Minutes (which drew 8.6 mil and a 0.9) — Tracker surged to its best non-Super Bowl Sunday audience yet (8.2 million total viewers) and also rose in the coveted 18-49 demo (to a 0.6 rating). The oops-we-cut-it-short Billy Joel concert was attended by 5.7 million, and scored a 0.5 rating. (As TVLine reported, CBS issued an apology for not snipping “Piano Man” and will rebroadcast the special in its entirety this Friday at 9/8c.)
ABC | American Idol (4.2 mil/0.5) was pretty steady week-to-week.
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FOX | Leading out of a Simpsons rerun, a Great North double pump (550K/0.2, 490K/0.2) was up across the board from the week prior, and Grimsburg (460K/0.1) added some eyeballs.
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