TV Show Ratings for Saturday, 04/23/11

It was a fairly quiet Easter’s eve for network television viewers and a 55-year old movie won the night. ABC’s annual showing of The Ten Commandments tied Cops in the 8pm hour but otherwise beat out everything else on the schedule.

Chase quietly (secretly?) returned on NBC and few seemed to notice or care. The network hasn’t officially cancelled Chase yet but there’s no way it’ll be back. NBC has four more unaired episodes on the shelf and they’re supposed to air over the next quartet of Saturdays. Unfortunately, with ratings like these, the network could very likely get better success with reruns of other crime dramas.

8pm
The Ten Commandments (ABC movie)
– 1.3/5 A18-49
– 6.04 million viewers

Cops (r)
– 1.3/5 A18-49
– 4.32 million viewers

CSI: NY (r)
– 0.6/2 A18-49
– 4.03 million viewers

Chase
– 0.6/2 A18-49
– 3.05 million viewers

8:30pm
Cops
– 1.3/5 A18-49
– 4.32 million viewers

9pm
The Ten Commandments (ABC movie)
– 1.6/5 A18-49
– 7.41 million viewers

America’s Most Wanted
– 1.4/4 A18-49
– 4.65 million viewers

CSI: Miami (r)
– 0.8/3 A18-49
– 4.85 million viewers

Law & Order: Los Angeles (r)
– 0.6/2 A18-49
– 3.24 million viewers

10pm
The Ten Commandments (ABC movie)
– 1.9/6 A18-49
– 7.69 million viewers

48 Hours Mystery
– 1.0/3 A18-49
– 5.08 million viewers

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (r)
– 0.9/3 A18-49
– 4.03 million viewers

Raw ratings data copyright Nielsen, courtesy AdWeek.