Primetime Ratings: Wallenda Wire Act Leads ABC
ABC got the top Sunday score in ratings, the Wallendas’ walk over Times Square on a tightrope leading the net to a 0.7 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. That beat the 0.5/3 that NBC rated.
ABC started off with an America’s Funniest Home Videos repeat before Highwire Live in Times Square with Nik Wallenda did a 0.8 from 8 to 10 p.m, with Nik and his sister Lijana making the trek. A Holey Moley repeat got ABC to the end of prime.
NBC had repeats of Hollywood Game Night, America’s Got Talent and New Amsterdam.
Univision did a 0.5/2 with Concacaf Copa Oro soccer.
CBS did a 0.4/2. A pair of 60 Minutes got a 0.5 after last week’s 0.5 and 0.4 and The Good Fight scored a level 0.3.
Fox and Telemundo both did a 0.2/1. Fox aired boxing.
The CW had a 0.1/1. Burden of Truth did a flat 0.1 and a Whose Line Is It Anyway? rerun followed.
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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.