Primetime Ratings: ‘Big Brother’ Leads CBS

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CBS got the win in Thursday prime, with Big Brother leading the way. CBS got a 0.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 3 share. Just behind were ABC and NBC, both at 0.4/2. 

Big Brother got a flat 1.0 and Love Island was up 33% to 0.4. CBS’ coverage of the Republican National Convention tallied a 0.2. 

ABC had reruns of Holey Moley and To Tell the Truth, yet still posted a 0.4 in convention coverage. 

NBC had reruns of The Wall and Law & Order: SVU, then a 0.3 with convention coverage. 

Telemundo and Univision both scored a 0.3/2. Telemundo had Exatlon Estados Unidos and Cennet at 0.4, Exatlon up a tenth and Cennet flat, and Decision 2020 at 0.3. 

Univision had La Rosa de Guadalupe up 67% to 0.5 and Medicos at a flat 0.4. Destino 2020 got a 0.2. 

Fox rated a 0.2/1 with MasterChef reruns. 

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

Michael Malone

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.