Ratings: Match Game Improves Time After Time Slot; ACM Awards Dominate

ABC’s Match Game resumed Season 2 on Sunday night with 2.5 million total viewers and a 0.6 demo rating, improving upon time slot predecessor Time After Time‘s final numbers by 32 and 50 percent.

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Leading out of that, American Crime (1.7 mil/0.4) in turn reversed its downward trend, ticking up in both measures. Opening ABC’s night, however, Once Upon a Time (2.81 mil/0.8) dropped a handful of eyeballs while returning to its demo low.

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Elsewhere on the night….

CBS | The ACM Awards drew 10.9 mil and a 2.1, dipping juuuust a bit from last year and dominating the night on both counts.

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NBC | Little Big Shots (8.5 mil/1.2) dropped 13 and 29 percent, hitting an audience low. Chicago Justice (5.8 mil/0.9) and Shades of Blue (4.2 mil/0.7) each dipped a tenth in the demo.

FOX | Bob’s Burgers (1.5 mil/0.7) slipped two tenths, The Simpsons (2.1 mil/0.9) and Making History (1.3 mil/0.6) each dipped and Last Man on Earth (1.8 mil/0.8) rose a tenth.

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