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, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.