Primetime Ratings: ‘Survivor’ Paces CBS Against Repeats
CBS was the easy ratings winner on repeat-rich Wednesday, putting up a 1.4 in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and a 5 share. Two hours of Survivor did a flat 1.7 for CBS, then Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders did a flat 0.8.
ABC was at 0.9/4, with repeated comedies before Designated Survivor fell 9% to 1.0.
Fox and NBC scored a 0.8/3. Fox had Shots Fired at 0.8, down a tenth of a point from last week, and a repeat of Empire.
NBC was in repeats throughout prime.
The CW, at 0.3/1, too was in repeats.
Among Spanish-language players, Univision had a 0.6/2 and Telemundo a 0.5/2.
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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.