Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With Strong ‘Big Brother’

CBS took top prize in the Thursday ratings competition, posting a 1.1 in prime in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. NBC was runner-up at 0.9/4.

After a couple repeated comedies, Big Brother did a 1.8 on CBS and Zoo a 0.6. Both shows were flat with last Thursday.  

On NBC, Hollywood Game Night scored a flat 0.9, then The Wall slipped 8% to 1.1 and The Night Shift did a flat 0.7.

Fox was at 0.7/3. Beat Shazam was off 11% at 0.8 and Love Connection went up 17% to 0.7.

ABC did a 0.6/3, with Boy Band down 17% at 0.5, Battle of the Network Stars at a flat 0.7 and The Gong Show off 14% at 0.6.

The CW was at 0.3/1, with Penn & Teller: Fool Us at a level 0.4 and week two of Hooten & the Lady also flat at 0.2.

Among Spanish-language networks Univision did a 0.8/3, thanks to Copa Oro soccer action, while Telemundo scored 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.