Primetime Ratings: ‘Beyond Borders’ Debuts OK on CBS
CBS won the Wednesday broadcast battle with a 1.9 rating in adults 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, and a 7 share. ABC was runner-up at 1.6/6, then Fox at 1.0/4, NBC at 0.9/3 and The CW, in repeats, at 0.3/1.
CBS led off with Survivor at 2.2, down 5%, then Criminal Minds at a flat 1.9 and the spinoff Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders debuting at a 1.6, with 8.65 million total viewers.
It was comedy night on ABC, with The Middle at 1.7, down 11%, and The Goldbergs off 5% at 1.9, then Modern Family down 4% at 2.5, and Black-ish at a flat 1.9. Drama Nashville rated a 0.9, up 13% from where it signed off at late last year.
Fox had Rosewood at a flat 0.9, then Hell’s Kitchen at 1.1, down 8%.
NBC was in repeats throughout prime: a double run of Law & Order: SVU then Chicago P.D.
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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.