Primetime Ratings: ‘American Idol’ Leads to ABC Win

ABC won the Wednesday ratings derby, with American Idol leading the net to a 1.2 in viewers 18-49, according to the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That topped the 0.9/4 put up by CBS.

American Idol fell 18% to 1.4 from 8 to 10 p.m. after Sunday’s season premiere and Whiskey Cavalier grew 29% to 0.9.

CBS had Survivor at a level 1.5 and two hours of The World’s Best up a tenth of a point at 0.6.

Fox got a 0.8/3 and NBC a 0.6/3.

On Fox, two episodes of Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back both got a 0.8, down 27%.

On NBC, it was Chicago repeats.

Univision did a 0.5/2 with Mi Marido Tiene Mas Familia and Amar A Muerte both at 0.5.

Telemundo notched a 0.4/2.

The CW rated a 0.2/1. Riverdale got a 0.3 and All American a 0.2, both shows flat.

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.