Primetime Ratings: ‘Big Brother’ Paces CBS

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CBS had the top score in Wednesday’s prime, with Big Brother leading the network. CBS got a 0.6 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. That snuck by NBC’s 0.6/3. 

Big Brother got a noisy 1.1, 10% better than its premiere, and Tough As Nails a flat 0.5. A SEAL Team rerun got CBS to the end of prime. 

NBC had an America’s Got Talent results show at 0.7 and the World of Dance finale at a flat 0.6. A Chicago PD rerun followed. 

Univision got a 0.5/3. La Rosa de Guadalupe and Medicos both got a 0.4 and Como Tu No Hay 2 posted a 0.5. All three were flat. 

ABC and Telemundo both rated a 0.4/2. United We Fall got a flat 0.5 on ABC. A Goldbergs rerun led into the Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD finale across two hours at 0.4 and 0.3, up a tick from last week’s 0.3. 

On Telemundo, Exatlon Estados Unidos and Cennet got 0.4s and Enemigo Intimo 2 scored a 0.3. All three shows were up a tenth. 

Fox got a 0.3/2 with MasterChef reruns. 

The CW scored a 0.1/1. The 100 and Coroner both got a flat 0.1. 

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.