Primetime Ratings: ‘Big Brother’ Bolsters CBS
Summer reality staple about people stuck in a house up considerably
CBS had the winning score in Sunday prime, with Big Brother leading the network to a 0.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. ABC matched CBS’ rating, and posted a 3 share.
60 Minutes got a 0.6 on CBS, down 33% from last Sunday, when it had a golf lead-in, and Big Brother shot up 25% to 1.0. Reruns of NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans followed.
ABC had reruns across prime: America’s Funniest Home Videos and its Sunday game shows.
NBC got a 0.4/3 and Univision a 0.4/2. NBC had Cannonball up 33% to 0.4 and NHL playoff action.
On Univision it was Aqui y Ahora up 50% to 0.3 and Quien Es La Mascara? at 0.3 and 0.4, up from 0.3. Quien is a Spanish-language version of The Masked Singer.
Telemundo did a 0.2/2 and Fox a 0.2/1. Telemundo had Exatlon Estados Unidos at 0.2 and 0.3 and La Voz at 0.2, both level with last week
On Fox it was comedy reruns.
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The CW did a 0.1/0. Fridge Wars got a flat 0.1 and a Supernatural rerun followed.
Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.