CBS’ ‘Equalizer’ and State of the Union speech draw top TV ratings

“The Equalizer,” on CBS, was the highest-rated leisure program in per week wherein the 4 main English-language broadcast networks preempted programming for protection of President Biden’s State of the Union tackle.

The crime drama was third amongst prime-time applications between Feb. 28 and Sunday, averaging 7.13 million viewers, trailing information journal “60 Minutes,” which precedes it and which averaged 7.99 million, and Fox Information Channel’s airing of President Biden’s tackle, which averaged 7.21 million, based on live-plus-same-day figures launched by Nielsen on Tuesday.

Final Tuesday’s State of the Union tackle averaged 38.2 million viewers on 16 networks; Biden’s tackle to a joint session of Congress on April 28, 2021 averaged 26.94 million viewers. The speech a president delivers to Congress in his first yr in workplace isn’t thought-about a State of the Union tackle.

Donald Trump’s remaining State of the Union tackle in 2020 averaged 37.17 million viewers.

There have been two different prime-time leisure applications that averaged greater than 7 million viewers. The CBS motion drama “NCIS” was fourth for the week, averaging 7.12 million viewers, and the NBC medical drama “Chicago Med” was fifth, averaging 7.05 million viewers.

CBS’ widespread scripted programming helped it to its second straight first-place end because the finish of the Winter Olympics and eighth of the 24-week-old 2021-22 prime-time tv season, averaging 4.56 million viewers.

ABC was second, averaging 3.87 million viewers, adopted by cable’s Fox Information Channel, which averaged 3.51 million, and NBC, which averaged 3.2 million, all for 22 hours of prime-time programming.

Fox averaged 1.88 million viewers for its 15 hours, 48 minutes of prime-time programming. The CW averaged 500,000 for its 14 hours of prime-time programming.

“Younger Sheldon,” on CBS, was the top-ranked comedy for the twenty second consecutive week, averaging 6.48 million viewers, tenth for the week. The CBS police drama “Blue Bloods” was the most-watched present within the 10 p.m. time slot for the twelfth time within the season, averaging 5.9 million viewers, 14th general.

“Ghosts,” additionally on CBS, was the most well-liked first-season collection for the seventh time, averaging 5.52 million viewers, seventeenth general.

“American Idol” was ABC’s rankings chief for the second time within the two weeks it has aired this season, ending eighth, averaging 6.57 million viewers, 4.4% greater than the 6.3 million common for its season premiere.

The procedural drama “9-1-1: Lone Star” led Fox’s rankings for the second consecutive week and fourth time in 5 weeks, averaging 4.82 million viewers, twenty seventh general.

The crime drama “Walker” was the CW’s greatest draw for the seventh time in its 10 episodes this season, averaging 897,000 viewers, 138th amongst broadcast applications. Its general rank was not obtainable.

The one premiere on the 5 main English-language broadcast networks, the NBC courting collection “The Courtship,” completed 133rd amongst broadcast applications, averaging 988,000.

The highest 20 prime-time applications consisted of 5 State of the Union address-related applications on Fox Information Channel and one on ABC; “60 Minutes” and eight CBS leisure applications; the three episodes of NBC’s Chicago franchise — “Chicago Med,” “Chicago Hearth” and “Chicago P.D.”; and two ABC different applications “American Idol” and “America’s Funniest Dwelling Movies” which precedes it.

Fox Information Channel had every of the six most-watched prime-time applications and 9 of the highest 10 to win the cable community race for the seventh consecutive week, averaging 3.51 million viewers. CNN was second for the second consecutive week, averaging 1.81 million viewers.

MSNBC was third for the ninth consecutive week, averaging 1.67 million viewers.

The cable prime 20 consisted of 9 State of the Union tackle applications — 5 on Fox Information Channel, three on CNN and one on MSNBC; 10 Fox Information Channel political discuss reveals — 5 broadcasts of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” and 4 of “Hannity” and one in every of “The Ingraham Angle”; and ESPN’s protection of the 35-minute ceremony following the ultimate recreation for Duke males’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski at Cameron Indoor Stadium.