Primetime Ratings: Fox Scores With Mighty ‘Masked Singer’
Fox easily won the ratings race Wednesday, with The Masked Singer pacing the network to a 1.6 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. In second was CBS at 1.0/5.
Fox had The Masked Singer across its prime. The first hour got a 2.0 and the second one a 1.2, down 6% from last week. Spoiler alert--Hunter Hayes was unmasked.
CBS had Survivor at its usual 1.5 and SEAL Team at a flat 0.8, then SWAT shot up 17% to 0.7.
ABC and Univision both rated a 0.6/3. ABC had reruns of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? across prime.
Univision had Te Doy La Vida at 0.5 and Amor Eterno at 0.6, then Como Tu No Hay 2 at 0.5. All three were flat.
NBC posted a 0.5/3 with Chicago repeats.
Telemundo got a 0.4/2. Cennet rated a 0.4, as did 100 Dias Para Enamorarnos. A La Reina del Sur special got a level 0.3. All three were level with last week.
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The CW posted a 0.1/1. Riverdale did a flat 0.2 and a Bulletproof rerun followed.
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.