Primetime Ratings Wednesday: Fox on Top With ‘Singer’ Finale
‘Chicago’ shows end seasons on NBC
Fox won the Wednesday ratings battle thanks to The Masked Singer. Fox earned a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, with a 6 share. That beat NBC’s 0.8/6.
It was the season finale of The Masked Singer, which went up 18% for a 1.3. The opener for Crime Scene Kitchen, hosted by Joel McHale, did a 0.7.
NBC had the finales for Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. All three did a flat 0.8.
ABC and CBS got 0.4/3s. ABC had the premieres of Press Your Luck and The $100,000 Pyramid both at 0.4. A Million Little Things scored a level 0.3.
CBS had Kids Say the Darndest Things up 33% to 0.4, and the finales for SEAL Team got a 0.5 and SWAT a 0.4, both level with last week. SEAL Team shifts to Paramount Plus next season.
Univision posted a 0.3/2 and Telemundo a 0.2/2. On Univision, two hours of Disenando Tu Amor lost 25% for a 0.3. La Hija Del Embajador stayed level at 0.3.
On Telemundo, Exatlon Estados Unidos and La Suerte De Loli both went up a tenth to 0.3. Cafe Con Aroma De Mujer scored a 0.2, down 50% from its premiere the night before.
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The CW put up a 0.1/1. Kung Fu and Nancy Drew both earned a 0.1, Kung Fu flat and Nancy up a tenth.
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.