Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins on Repeats-Rich Night

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Fox was the top ratings getter in Wednesday prime, posting a 0.9 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. On a night featuring lots of repeats, second was NBC at 0.7/3.

Fox’s MasterChef grew 22% to 1.1, while The F Word with Gordon Ramsay did a flat 0.8.

NBC had the finale of Little Big Shots at a flat 1.1 and then The Carmichael Show up 14% at 0.8. Repeats followed.

ABC and CBS tied at 0.6/3. Both were in repeats throughout prime.

The CW, also in repeats, rated a 0.3/1.

Among Spanish-language networks, Univision did a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 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.