Primetime Ratings: CBS Outwits, Outplays, Outlasts Competition With ‘Survivor’ Finale

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CBS took the ratings prize in Wednesday prime, putting up a 1.8 rating in viewers 18-49, and a 7 share. That doubled the 0.9/4 posted by CBS.

CBS had the Survivor finale at 1.9. The reunion special did a 1.6. Survivor did a 1.6 the week before, and its spring finale scored a 1.9.

NBC had a Will & Grace repeat, then the film Pitch Perfect at 0.9.

ABC did a 0.6/2. It had repeated comedies, then a repeated Match Game.

Fox was at 0.5/2 with repeats of Empire and Star.

Telemundo and Univision both did a 0.4/2.

The CW rated a 0.3/1. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer scored a 0.3 and The Top 12 Greatest Christmas Movies of All Time a 0.2.   

Michael Malone
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.