Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With ‘Survivor’ Finale

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CBS won Wednesday’s prime ratings, the Survivor finale leading to a 1.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That topped the 1.0/5 that NBC scored.

Survivor did a 1.5 from 8 to 10:30 p.m., same as its December finale did, and the reunion special got a 0.9.

NBC had Chicago Med up 10% at 1.1, Chicago Fire at a flat 1.0 and Chicago P.D. up 11% at 1.0.

ABC had a 0.6/3 and Fox a 0.4/2. On ABC, Toy Story 2 did a 0.6 and Whiskey Cavalier slid 20% at 0.4.

On Fox, MasterChef Celebrity Family Showdown premiered at 0.5 and Paradise Hotel was down a tenth at 0.3.

Telemundo and Univision both did a 0.4/2.

The CW got a 0.3/1. The Riverdale finale got a 0.3 and Jane the Virgin a 0.2. Riverdale was flat and Jane lost a tenth of a point. 

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.