Primetime Ratings: CBS, Fox Split the Win
CBS and Fox earned the top scores in Wednesday prime ratings, both posting a 1.7 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That topped the 1.3/6 that ABC scored.
CBS had the Survivor premiere at 1.6, down a tenth of a point from its winter opener, and the Big Brother finale at 1.6, up 23% from Sunday. Both were 90 minutes.
Fox had the Empire premiere at 1.9 and the Star opener at 1.5. The two debuted last fall to a 2.4 and 1.8, respectively.
ABC aired the premieres of TheGoldbergs, with a 16 Candles theme, at 1.4 and American Housewife at 1.2. The two premiered last year to a 1.8 and a 1.6, respectively. The Modern Family starter fell 24% from last year’s premiere at 1.6 and the Single Parents series premiere rated a 1.3. A Million Little Things opened to a 1.1.
NBC did a 1.2/5. Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. all did a 1.2. Chicago Med opened to a 1.3 last year, Chicago Fire a 1.5 and Chicago P.D. a 1.3.
Telemundo rated a 0.5/2 and Univision a 0.4/2.
The CW was at 0.1/1. Burden of Truth scored a level 0.1 and a Supergirl repeat followed.
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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.