Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins on Big ‘Big Brother’
CBS was tops in Sunday ratings, putting up a 0.9 score in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. Next up was ABC at 0.8/3.
After 60 Minutes scored a 0.7, Big Brother did a 1.9 for CBS, up 6%, and Candy Crush was down a tenth of a point at 0.5.
For ABC, an America’s Funniest Home Videos repeat started off prime.
Celebrity Family Feud did a 1.0, then Steve Harvey’s Funderdome a 0.7, down a tenth of a point, and $100,000 Pyramid at a flat 0.7.
NBC was at 0.7/3. It aired repeats of Dateline, The Wall and American Ninja Warrior.
Fox did a 0.3/1. Following repeated comedies, the American Grit finale did a 0.3, down a tenth of a point.
On the Spanish-language networks, Telemundo did a 0.3/1 and Univision a 0.2/1.
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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.