TV ratings: ‘Cosmos’ rises Easter Sunday; ‘Once Upon a Time’ dips

ABC’s “Once Upon a Time� and CBS’ “Good Wife� posted some of the biggest numbers on Easter Sunday, but Fox’s “Cosmos� reboot was one of the only shows to improve on its ratings from last week.

“Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey,� hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, earned a rating of 1.4 in the key 18- to 49-year-old demographic, up 8% week-to-week, according to early numbers from Nielsen. In 18-49, a ratings point equals roughly 1.3 million viewers. Overall, the science documentary averaged 3.7 million viewers.

Less stellar was Fox’s animated comedy “Bob’s Burgers,� which suffered in its move to 7 p.m. and lost 25% of its week-ago young-adults rating for a 0.6.

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ABC’s fairytale drama “Once Upon a Time� earned a 1.7 rating in 18-49, marking its lowest rating ever, down 15% from last week, but it was still the highest-rated show of the night. Its lead-in was the 4-decades-old Peanuts special “It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown,� which brought in 3.5 million viewers (0.9 in 18-49).

With a total haul of 9.1 million viewers, “The Good Wife� was Sunday night’s most-watched broadcast show. It scored a 1.4 in 18-49, down 7% week-to-week. With generally diminished results from “60 Minutes,� “Amazing Race� and “The Mentalist,� CBS was still the top broadcast network on Sunday.

On NBC, “American Dream Builders� fell to a low of 0.6 in 18-49. The JJ Abrams and Alfonso Cuaron show “Believe� grew 20% to a 1.2, but “Crisis� continued to drop, this time down 18% to a 0.9.

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