CBS still tops with reruns

With CBS, NBC and ABC airing more reruns than usual because of Easter week’s expected below-average viewership, CBS had two of the three prime-time programs to average more than 10 million viewers — becoming the most-watched network for the sixth consecutive week and 17th time in the 30-week-old season.

The CBS comedy “The Big Bang Theory” was the most-watched program between April 10 and Sunday, averaging 11.89 million viewers, according to live-plussame day figures released Tuesday by Nielsen.

ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” and the CBS special, “Stayin’ Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees” tied for second, each averaging 10.31 million viewers.

CBS averaged 6.59 million viewers for the week, despite airing reruns of two of its three most-watched scripted series, “NCIS” and “Bull.”

ABC edged NBC, 4.47 million viewers versus 4.43 million to finish second after finishing third for each of the six weeks after it aired the Oscars.

NBC had finished second for five consecutive weeks. One reason for its drop was that it aired only one original episode of its most-watched program currently on its schedule, “The Voice,” instead of the customary two.

Fox averaged 2.51 million viewers to finish fourth among the broadcast networks for the 10th consecutive week since it aired Super Bowl LI.

Fox News Channel was the most-watched cable network for the third consecutive week and 12th time in 13 weeks, averaging 2.33 million viewers.

NBA playoff coverage boosted TNT into second, averaging 1.66 million viewers, a week after it averaged 920,000 viewers to finish 12th.