Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With ‘Survivor’ Closer

CBS won the Wednesday ratings race on the back of the Survivor finale, as it posted a 1.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That beat the 0.6/3 that ABC rated.

CBS’ rivals threw up mostly repeats.

Survivor did a 1.5 from 8 to 10 p.m., flat with last week and up 7% over the finale last spring. Nick Wilson won Survivor’s million bucks, outlasting film director Mike White and Angelina Keeley. The live reunion show rated a 1.0.

ABC was in repeats, with seasonal specials Olaf’s Frozen Adventures and Shrek the Halls, then the network’s comedies.

NBC did a 0.5/2 with repeats of Ellen’s Game of Games, Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas and Pentatonix: A Not So Silent Night.

Fox had a 0.4/2 with repeats of Empire and Star.

Univision did a 0.4/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/2.

The CW rated a 0.2/1 with reruns, including special Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.

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.