Primetime Ratings: ‘Big Brother’ Leads Way For CBS
By Michael Malone published
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CBS had the winning score in Wednesday ratings, with Big Brother setting the hot pace. CBS got a 0.6 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. In second were NBC and Univision, both at 0.4/3, with Fox just off the pace at 0.4/2.
CBS had Big Brother at 1.0 and the two-hour Tough As Nails season closer at 0.4. Both were off a tenth of a point from last week.
NBC had America’s Got Talent at a level 0.6 and reruns of Ellen’s Game of Games and Chicago Med.
On Univision it was La Rosa de Guadalupe and Medicos at 0.4, La Rosa flat and Medicos up a tenth. Dulce Ambicion lost a tenth for a 0.3.
Fox had MasterChef reruns.
ABC and Telemundo both scored a 0.3/2. ABC had comedy reruns across prime.
On Telemundo it was Exatlon Estados Unidos, Todo Por Mi Hija and Enemigo Intimo 2 all at a flat 0.3.
The CW scored a 0.1/1. A rerun of The 100 led into Coroner at its usual 0.1.
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.
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