Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With Strong ‘Survivor’ Finale
Reality staple helps CBS top ‘Masked Singer’-fueled Fox
The Survivor season finale paced CBS to the Wednesday win. CBS posted a 1.6 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 9 share. That beat Fox’s 1.3/7.
This season of Survivor had all past winners, with the last person standing taking home $2 million. It took up all of prime, with host Jeff Probst announcing the winner from his home due to the pandemic. It was up a tenth of a point from last week.
Fox had The Masked Singer at 1.8 in its first hour and 0.9 in its second, same as it did last week.
ABC got a 0.6/3 and NBC a 0.5/3. ABC had season finales for its comedies. The Goldbergs got a flat 0.8 and Schooled went up 17% to 0.7. American Housewife shot up 20% to 0.6 and Single Parents tallied a flat 0.5. Shark Tank too was flat at 0.5.
On NBC it was reruns of the Chicago shows.
Univision did a 0.5/3 and Telemundo a 0.3/2. On Univision it was Te Doy La Vida at a level 0.5 and Amor Eterno fell 17% to 0.5. Como Tu No Hay 2 got a flat 0.5.
Telemundo had Cennet up 33% to 0.4 and 100 Dias Para Enamorarnos at a flat 0.3. La Reina del Sur 2 did a level 0.3.
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The CW got a 0.1/1 with repeats.
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.