Primetime Ratings: ‘Big Brother’ Is Big Winner on CBS

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CBS led the broadcast pack with a 1.7 rating/6 share in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, while ABC and Fox were at 1.3/5 and NBC was at 1.2/4. The CW rated a 0.5/2 on the night.

CBS had Big Brother at 2.3, up 21%, with repeats on either side.

The BattleBots finale did a 1.4 for ABC, up a whopping 75% from the previous week.

Fox aired repeats of Rosewood and Bones.

NBC aired repeats of Running Wild With Bear Grylls and American Ninja Warrior.

The CW was in repeats too, with DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Beauty and the Beast.

Pre-season football on multiple networks will affect the final ratings.

Michael Malone
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.