Primetime Ratings: Fox Rides Gordon Ramsay to Win
By Michael Malone published

Fox had top honors in Wednesday prime ratings, MasterChef leading to a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. Fox was virtually level with CBS, which did a 0.9/4.
MasterChef posted a flat 1.0 on Fox while Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back lost 10% for a 0.9.
On CBS, Big Brother ticked up 7% to 1.5 and TKO: Total Knock Out fell 25% to 0.6. A SEAL Team rerun closed out prime.
NBC did a 0.8/4. World of Dance rated a 1.0 in its new time slot and Reverie a flat 0.4. World of Dance rated a 1.2 Tuesday, leading out of America’s Got Talent.
Telemundo scored a 0.6/3 as El Senor de los Cielos garnered a 0.7.
ABC was at 0.6/3 with repeats.
Univision was good for a 0.4/2.
The CW did a 0.2/1. The premiere of legal drama Burden of Truth got a 0.2 and The Originals climbed 50% to 0.3.
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.
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