Primetime Ratings: ‘To Tell the Truth’ Leads ABC

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ABC had the highest rating in Thursday prime, as To Tell the Truth paced the network. ABC got a 0.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 3 share, just ahead of the 0.4/3s put up by Fox and Univision. 

ABC had Holey Moley and Don’t at 0.5, Holey flat and Don’t up a tenth. To Tell the Truth shot up 20% to 0.6. 

Fox had an MLB game, which matched the MLB action’s Nielsen numbers the week before. 

On Univision it was La Rosa de Guadalupe, Medicos and Como Tu No Hay 2 all at 0.4, the first two flat and Como Tu down a tenth. 

NBC was just behind at 0.4/2 with reruns of Ellen’s Game of Games and Law & Order: SVU

CBS and Telemundo both scored a 0.3/2. CBS had comedy reruns and a Bull repeat. 

On Telemundo it was Exatlon Estados Unidos and Cennet at 0.3, Exatlon down a tenth and Cennet flat. Enemigo Intimo 2 fell 33% to 0.2. 

The CW got a 0.1/1. Killer Camp got a level 0.1 and led into a Penn & Teller: Fool Us repeat. 

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.