Primetime Ratings: Booming ‘Big Brother’ Paces CBS

CBS was the prime winner Thursday, putting up a 1.2 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. Second was NBC at 0.8/4. Growth from both Big Brother and Zoo paced CBS to the win.

CBS started prime with a pair of repeated comedies, before Big Brother grew 19% to 1.9. Drama Zoo scored a 0.6, which was up 20% over last week’s premiere.

NBC’s Hollywood Game Night fell 11% to a 0.8, before The Wall did a 0.9, down a tenth of a point from last week. The Night Shift rated a flat 0.7.

ABC was at 0.7/3. Boy Band scored a 0.6, up 20% from last week, while Battle of the Network Stars lost 30% from its premiere at 0.7. The Gong Show rated a 0.7, down 22% from last week.  

Fox scored a 0.6/3 with repeats of Beat Shazam and Love Connection.

The CW too was in repeats, leading to a 0.3/1.

Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision had a hearty 0.9/4 with the awards show Premios Juventud2017 and Telemundo a 0.5/2.

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.