Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With ‘Big Brother’

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CBS snagged top broadcast ratings Wednesday, with Big Brother posting a flat 1.8 in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and summer suspense drama American Gothic doing a 0.7, which was flat with its premiere. That gave CBS a 1.2 rating and 5 share in 18-49.

NBC and Fox both put up a 0.9/4. NBC aired Olympic swimming trials at 1.2 and The Night Shift at 0.8, the latter down 11%. Fox’s MasterChef grew 10% to 1.1, and Wayward Pines climbed 14% to 0.8.

ABC scored a 0.8/3 with repeated comedies, while CW had a 0.2/1 with repeats as well.

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.