Primetime Ratings: CBS, Fox Share Wednesday Crown

CBS and Fox split the riches for being Wednesday’s top prime ratings scorer, both landing a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, and a 5 share.

CBS had Big Brother, which slipped 7% to 1.4. TKO: Total Knock Out was down 11% from its premiere at 0.8 while the Code Black finale fell 13% to 0.7.

On Fox, MasterChef scored a 1.0 and Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back did a 1.0 too. Both shows were up 11%.

ABC got the bronze with a 0.9/4. TheESPY Awards took up its prime and scored a 0.9. Last year’s ESPYs did a 1.4 and 2016’s a 1.6.

Telemundo weighed in at 0.6/3 thanks in large part to El Senor de los Cielos, which rated a 0.8.

NBC rated a 0.5/3. Reruns of Ellen’s Game of Games and World of Dance led into Reverie at a flat 0.4.

Univision scored a 0.3/2.

The CW did a 0.2/1. A Girl Got Game special scored a 0.1 and The Originals rated a flat 0.2.

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.