Primetime Ratings: Fox, NBC Split the Win
Fox and NBC were top of the heap in Wednesday prime ratings, both scoring a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. Fox’s MasterChef tallied 1.3 across two hours, up 8%.
On NBC, America’s Got Talent dropped 5% to a 2.0, then a double run of Marlon, including the finale, scored a 1.2 and 1.0. Last week’s Marlon episodes scored a 1.3 and 1.0. Midnight, Texas rated a flat 0.7 to close out prime for NBC.
NBC won a close race on the previous Wednesday.
Next was CBS at 0.9/4. Big Brother rated a 1.8 and Salvation a 0.5, before a Criminal Minds repeat. Both new episodes were flat with last week.
Telemundo did a 0.7/3 thanks to a robust El Señor de los Cielos at 0.9.
ABC did a 0.6/3, with repeated comedies leading into 20/20, down 14% at 0.6.
Univision was at 0.5/2.
The CW scored a 0.2/1 with repeats of Arrow and Supernatural.
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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.