Primetime Ratings: CBS, NBC Win With Unscripted Staples

CBS and NBC were the top ratings grabbers Thursday, both scoring a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share.

CBS had repeated comedies leading in to Big Brother at 1.8, down a tenth of a point, and then drama Zoo at a flat 0.6.

NBC aired an America’s Got Talent repeat and then The Wall up 20% to 1.2 and Night Shift at a flat 0.7.

Fox was next at 0.8/3, as Beat Shazam did a flat 0.9 and Love Connection lost 14% at 0.6.

ABC rated a 0.6/3. Boy Band scored a 0.6 and Battle of the Network Stars a 0.7, then The Gong Show rated a 0.7. All three were flat with last week’s performance.

The CW rated a 0.3/1. The season premiere of Penn & Teller: Fool Us scored a 0.4 and the debut of Hooten & the Lady a 0.2.

Among Spanish-language networks, Univision did a 0.7/3 and Telemundo a 0.6/2.

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.