Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With Stalwart ‘Singer’

Fox scored the top rating in Wednesday Nielsens, with The Masked Singer leading the net to a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That easily beat the 0.8/4 that CBS tallied.

The Masked Singer did a 1.9 and Almost Family a 0.6. Both went up a tenth of a point.

On CBS, Survivor got a flat 1.2. One contestant was ejected from the show due to bad behavior. SEAL Team got a flat 0.7 and SWAT shot up 20% to 0.6.

NBC did a 0.7/4 and ABC a 0.7/3.

NBC had Ellen’s Greatest Night of Giveaways at 1.0, down 17% from the night before. One episode of Making It did a 0.6 and the finale a 0.5, the latter level with the night before.

On ABC, The Goldbergs scored a 0.8 and Schooled a 0.6. Modern Family posted a 0.9 and Single Parents a 0.6, before Stumptown did a 0.5. All of the ABC shows were level with last week.

Univision notched a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/1. Univision had Ringo and La Rosa de Guadalupe at 0.5 and El Dragon at 0.4. Ringo was flat and La Rosa and El Dragon both gained a tenth.

On Telemundo, El Sultan and Decisiones: Unos Ganan, Otros Pierden both lost a tenth en route to 0.2s, before El Senor de los Cielos got a flat 0.4.

The CW scored a 0.2/1. Riverdale and Nancy Drew both posted flat 0.2s.

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.