Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With ‘Big Brother’ Premiere

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CBS won the Wednesdays ratings derby, as the season premiere of Big Brother led the network to a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, and a 6 share. That beat the 1.0/5 that Fox posted.

Big Brother, in its 20th season, did a 1.5 from 8 to 10 p.m., down from last summer’s 1.7 premiere, and Code Black grew 14% to 0.8.

On Fox, MasterChef rated a 1.0 and Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back a 1.1. Both shows were up a tenth of a point from the week before.

ABC and NBC both scored a 0.6/3. ABC had repeats throughout prime.

On NBC, it was repeats until a new Reverie dropped 25% to 0.3.

Telemundo and Univision both did a 0.5/2.

The CW rated a 0.2/1 with reruns. 

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.