Primetime Ratings: Fox, NBC Split Win on Strong Night For Broadcast
Fox and NBC had the top score in Wednesday prime ratings, both notching a 1.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share.
That topped the 0.9/4 that CBS posted.
Fox had The Masked Singer up 5% for a 2.1 and Almost Family dropped 13% to 0.7.
NBC had Chicago Fire up north 8% to 1.3 and Chicago Med and Chicago P.D. at 1.4s, Med up 27% and P.D. up 40%.
On CBS, Survivor grew 27% to 1.4 and SEAL Team did a 0.7, then SWAT a 0.5. The dramas were flat.
ABC did a 0.8/4. The Goldbergs scored a flat 1.0 and Schooled went up 14% to 0.8. Modern Family grew 11% to 1.0. Single Parents posted a 0.7 and Stumptown a 0.6, both flat.
Telemundo averaged a 0.5/2 and Univision a 0.4/2. On Telemundo, Exatlon Estados Unidos and El Final Del Paraiso both did a flat 0.4. El Senor de los Cielos scored a 0.6, down a tenth from the night before.
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On Univision, La Rosa de Guadalupe slid 33% to 0.4 and La Usurpadora dropped 17% to 0.5. El Dragon lost 20% for a 0.4.
The CW rated a 0.2/1. Riverdale and Nancy Drew both did a 0.2. Riverdale lost 50% and Nancy Drew dropped 33%.
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.