Primetime Ratings: The People Tune in for O.J. Simpson
By Daniel Holloway published

Twenty years after he was acquitted of murder, O.J. Simpson still draws eyeballs. Dateline NBC special The People Vs. O.J. Simpson: What the Jury Never Heard was Wednesday night’s highest rated broadcast show, drawing a 1.4 rating among adults 18-49, according to Nielsen overnight numbers. The special outperformed NBC News’ recent primetime interview with Edward Snowden (1.3) and ABC News’ primetime interview with Hillary Clinton (1.0).
NBC also aired back-to-back episodes of Growing Up Fisher, including the series finale, with each earning a 0.9.
NBC and Fox each averaged a 1.3 rating for the night. Fox—whose two-hour So You Think You Can Dance was down 13% from last week—averaged a 5 share, while NBC averaged a four.
ABC and CBS each averaged a 0.9 / 3. The two networks aired lineups entirely of reruns, save ABC’s Motive, which was down 36% from last week at 0.7.
The CW averaged a 0.4 / 1. The series finale of The 100 was down one tenth from last week at 0.5.
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