Primetime Ratings: CBS ‘SEAL’s Win With Strong Dramas

CBS earned the top spot in Wednesday ratings, riding some hot dramas to a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, according to the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That barely beat the 1.0/4 put up by ABC.

CBS had Survivor at a flat 1.5, SEAL Team up 25% for a 1.0 and Criminal Minds up 14% for a 0.8.

ABC had The Goldbergs down 8% at 1.1 and American Housewife up 11% at 1.0, then Modern Family at 1.4 and Single Parents at 0.9, both up a tenth of a point. A Million Little Things dropped 13% for a 0.7.

NBC did a 0.8/4. The premiere of Ellen’s Game of Games rated a 1.2 (it opened to a 1.7 last December) and a Little Big Shots special did a 0.8, before repeated special A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy notched a 0.4.

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

Telemundo and Univision both did 0.4/2s.

The CW got a 0.3/1 with Riverdale at 0.4 and All American at 0.2, both dramas flat with last week. 

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.