Primetime Ratings Wednesday: Fox Wins as ‘Masked Singer’ Goes Up
‘Billboard Music Awards’ way down on NBC
Fox won the Wednesday ratings battle, with The Masked Singer leading the network. Fox had a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. Runner-up was NBC at 0.8/5.
The networks had the VP debate the Wednesday before.
The Masked Singer went up 14% to 1.6 and I Can See Your Voice lost a tenth of a point for a 1.0.
NBC had The Billboard Music Awards across prime at 0.8. Kelly Clarkson hosted the event, which was pushed back from May. The May 2019 Billboard Music Awards got a 2.1.
CBS did a 0.7/4. Big Brother went up a tenth to 1.0 and the premiere of The Amazing Race got a 0.7. A SWAT repeat followed.
ABC posted a 0.4/3. Movie Coco got a 0.5 and the premiere of The Con a 0.3.
Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.3/2. On Telemundo, El Domo Del Dinero got a 0.2 and Todo Por Mi Hija a 0.3, both down a tenth of a point from the night before. Falsa Identidad got a flat 0.2.
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On Univision it was Medicos and Imperio de Mentiras at 0.3, then Dulce Ambicion at 0.2. All three were flat with the night before.
The CW scored a 0.1/1. Devils and Coroner both got a flat 0.1.
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.