Primetime Ratings: ‘Marlon’ Helps NBC to Win
NBC took the top ratings prize Wednesday, posting a 1.2 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That topped Fox’s 1.0/4.
America’s Got Talent did a 2.0 on NBC, down a tenth of a point from last week’s results show. Comedy Marlon did a 1.2, while a second episode scored a 1.0. Marlon premiered at 1.3 a week ago, with a 1.0 in the second half of the double run. A repeat of Law & Order: SVU closed out prime for NBC.
Fox had two episodes of MasterChef at 1.0 and 1.1. Last week's did a 1.0.
CBS was at 0.9/4. Big Brother did a 1.7, down 11%, and Salvation grew 25% to 0.5. A Criminal Minds repeat took CBS to the end of prime.
Telemundo did a 0.7/3.
ABC rated a 0.6/2 with repeated comedies.
Univision was at 0.5/2.
The CW did a 0.3/1 with repeats of Arrow and Supernatural.
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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.