Primetime Ratings: ‘Big Brother’ Gives CBS Thursday Win

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CBS had the winning score among broadcasters in Thursday prime, with Big Brother setting the pace. CBS got a 0.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 3 share. In second was ABC at 0.4/3. 

Big Brother got a flat 1.0. Comedy reruns followed, before CBS’ Democratic convention coverage rated a 0.2. 

ABC had reruns of Holey Moley and To Tell the Truth. Convention coverage did a 0.4, the best among the broadcast nets. 

Third place was an enormous tie between Fox, NBC, Telemuno and Univision, all at 0.3/2. Fox had reruns of Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back

On NBC, it was reruns of The Wall and Law & Order: SVU. Convention coverage got a 0.3. 

Telemundo had Exatlon Estados Unidos at a level 0.3 and Cennet went up 33% to 0.4. Decision 2020 got a 0.2. 

On Univision, La Rosa de Guadalupe slid 40% to 0.3 and Medicos fell 20% to 0.4. Destino 2020 did a 0.3. 

The CW got a 0.1/1. Mysteries Decoded got a 0.2 and a Penn & Teller: Fool Us repeat followed. 

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.