Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With Gordon Ramsay Double Bill

Fox earned top honors in the Wednesday prime derby, scoring a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, thanks to a promising premiere from Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back, and a 5 share. That topped the 0.9/4 put up by NBC.

Wednesday’s programs were up against the NBA finals on ABC the week before.

It was Gordon Ramsay night on Fox. MasterChef climbed 11% to 1.0 and Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back premiered at 1.1.

NBC offered American Ninja Warrior from 8 to 10 p.m. at 1.1, then Reverie did a 0.5. Both shows were flat.

ABC scored a 0.6/3 with repeated comedies, then a Shark Tank rerun.

CBS did a 0.5/3 with repeated dramas, before a new Code Black up 17% to 0.7.

Telemundo scored a 0.5/2 thanks to a robust El Senor De Los Cielos, and Univision a 0.4/2.

The CW rated a 0.2/1 with a repeated Supergirl, then a fresh The Originals up 50% at 0.3.

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.