Primetime Ratings: ‘Big Brother’ Leads Way For CBS
‘Tough As Nails’ finale drops on CBS
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.
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The CW scored a 0.1/1. A rerun of The 100 led into Coroner at its usual 0.1.
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.