Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With ‘Miss Universe’

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Fox won the ratings crown among broadcasters, posting a 1.4 rating in adults 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. Fox aired the Miss Universe competition across primetime. Its last Miss Universe telecast, in December 2015, scored a 1.7.

ABC and CBS both scored a 1.0/3, while NBC did a 0.6/2.

ABC’s America’s Funniest Home Videos went up 71% to 1.2 and a double run of To Tell the Truth grew 25% to 1.0. Conviction went up 25% to 0.5.

On CBS, 60 Minutes was a flat 1.2 before NCIS: Los Angeles grew 30% to 1.3. Madam Secretary went up 29% to 0.9 and Elementary grew 40% to 0.7.

NBC had repeats and then a new Dateline at a flat 0.8.

Among Spanish-language broadcasters, Telemundo and Univision both did a 0.5/2.

Michael Malone
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.