Primetime Ratings: ‘Greatest Hits’ Finale Pops on ABC

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A big showing by Big Brother helped CBS to the Thursday broadcast ratings title. CBS put up a 1.2 rating in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, with a 5 share. With repeats on either end, self-starting Big Brother was up 6% to 1.9.

NBC weighed in a 1.0/4, as an Olympic preview special rated a 1.1 before a two-hour American Ninja Warrior repeat.

ABC did a 0.9/4, as BattleBots scored a flat 0.8 and the two-hour Greatest Hits finale jumped 50% to 0.9.

Fox played to a 0.6/2, with the two-hour Home Free finale up 20% to 0.6.

The CW, at 0.3/1 was in repeats.

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.