Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With ‘Masked Singer’
Fox got the top score in Wednesday prime ratings, The Masked Singer leading the net to a 1.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. In second was NBC at 1.0/5.
The Masked Singer fell 24% from its premiere to 1.9 and the series premiere of Almost Family notched a 0.8.
On NBC, Chicago Med got a 1.0 and Chicago Fire a 1.1, both level with last week. Chicago P.D. lost 9% for a 1.0.
ABC and CBS both scored a 0.8/4. ABC had comedies The Goldbergs at 1.0 and Schooled at 0.8, both flat. Modern Family got a 1.1 and Single Parents a 0.8, both up a tenth. Drama Stumptown posted a 0.7, level with its premiere.
Survivor slipped 8% from last week’s premiere to 1.2 on CBS. The season premieres of SEAL Team got a 0.7 and SWAT a 0.6, both down a tenth from last fall’s season starters.
Univision tallied a 0.4/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/2. On Univision, it was La Rosa de Guadalupe at 0.4 and La Usurpadora at 0.5, both flat, then El Dragon down a tenth at 0.3.
On Telemundo, Exatlon Estados Unidos and El Final Del Paraiso got flat 0.4s, and No Te Puedes Esconder was off a tenth at 0.2.
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The CW had a 0.2/1 with IHeartRadio Musical Festival across prime.
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.