Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With Rising ‘Singer’
Fox was the big winner in Wednesday prime, The Masked Singer leading the network to a 1.7 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. In second was NBC and its Chicago shows at 1.3/6.
The Masked Singer shot up 16% to 2.2 and Lego Masters went up 9% to 1.2.
Ratings are up on broadcast television with people staying home amidst the coronavirus concern.
On NBC, Chicago Med and Chicago Fire got 1.3s and Chicago P.D. a 1.2. Med went up 30%, Fire grew 18% and P.D. expanded 20%.
CBS got a 1.0/5 and ABC a 0.7/3. CBS had Survivor up 15% to 1.5, SEAL Team at 0.8 and SWAT at 0.6, the latter two flat.
ABC had The Goldbergs up 38% at 1.1, Schooled up 14% for a 0.8, Modern Family up 29% for a 0.9 and American Housewife returning at 0.6, after closing down last season at 0.7. Stumptown grew 25% to 0.5.
Univision did a 0.6/3 and Telemundo a 0.4/2. Univision had Ringo up 40% at 0.7, Amor Eterno up 20% at 0.6 and Sin Miedo a la Verdad at a flat 0.4.
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On Telemundo it was Exatlon Estados Unidos up 25% at 0.5, La Dona down 25% at 0.3 and Operacion Pacifico at a flat 0.3.
The CW got a 0.2/1 with repeats.
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.