'Hawaii Five-0, 'Good Doctor' benefit from stay-at-homes

'Hawaii Five-0, 'Good Doctor' benefit from stay-at-homes

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NEW YORK (AP) — Two television shows that were saying farewell last week — one permanently and the other for a few months — may have gained more viewers as people stayed home last week because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The final episode of CBS' “Hawaii Five-0” and the season finale of ABC's "The Good Doctor were both seen by 40% more viewers last week than watched those shows during the one-month period before the outbreak confined many viewers to their homes, the Nielsen company said.

The landmark nature of the telecasts surely brought in more viewers than usual. But the fact that more people are staying at home also had an impact, since most prime-time shows did better last week than before the quarantine period.

Both CBS' “FBI: Most Wanted” and Fox's “The Masked Singer” were up 30% last week over the quarantine period, according to a study conducted by NBC.

Other notable winners were NBC's “Dateline Mystery" and “Superstore,” CBS' “Mom” and “MacGyver” and ABC's soon-to-depart “Modern Family.”

Only a few shows dropped in viewers last week compared to the period between Feb. 10 and March 8, with the largest being NBC's kid-friendly “Little Big Shot.” That's probably because it competed directly with one of President Donald Trump's coronavirus briefings this past Sunday.

CBS was the most popular network in prime time last week, averaging 6.7 million viewers. ABC had 4.9 million, NBC had 4 million, Fox had 3.2 million, Univision had 1.7 million, ION Television had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 1.1 million and the CW had 520,000.

Fox News Channel was the most-watched cable network, averaging 4.07 million viewers in prime time. CNN had 2.25 million, MSNBC had 2.07 million, TLC had 1.21 million and HGTV had 1.17 million.

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