Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins on Decent ‘F Word’ Start

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Fox was the top performer among broadcasters Wednesday, putting up a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnight ratings, and a 4 share. The season premiere of MasterChef scored a 1.0, while the series premiere of The F Word With Gordon Ramsay did a 1.1.

Next was NBC at 0.8/4. Little Big Shots was off 8% from its last airing at 1.2, while the season premiere of The Carmichael Show did a 0.9, followed by a second episode at 0.8. NBC then aired a repeat at 10.

CBS, with repeats throughout prime, did a 0.6/3.

ABC had a 0.5/2. It too was in repeats.

The CW scored a 0.3/1 with repeats of Arrow and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.

Among Spanish-language channels, Univision was at 0.6/3 and Telemundo at 0.4/2.

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.