Primetime Ratings: Robust ‘Talent’ Drives NBC to Win

NBC was the narrow winner in Wednesday ratings, scoring a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, and a 5 share. That was a wee bit better than Fox’s 1.2/5. The two split the win a week before.

The America’s Got Talent results show scored a 2.1, up 5% over last Wednesday’s performance. The first of a Marlon double run did a 1.3, up 18% over last week’s show. The second did a flat 1.0. Hollywood Game Night closed out prime at 0.7. It scored a 1.1 in its most recent airing.

Fox had MasterChef across its prime at a flat 1.2.

CBS did a 0.9/4. Big Brother posted a flat 1.8 and Salvation a level 0.5, before a Criminal Minds repeat.

Telemundo was at 0.8/3, with strong showings from Sin Senos Sí Hay Paraíso 2 and El Señor de los Cielos V.

ABC scored a 0.6/2 with repeated comedies.

Univision was at 0.5/2.

The CW was at 0.2/1, with reruns of Arrow and Supernatural.

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.