Primetime Ratings: ‘MasterChef’ Leads Fox to Wednesday Win

Fox had the top score in Wednesday prime ratings, MasterChef leading the net to a 0.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. That squeaked by the 0.7/4 that NBC posted.

Fox and NBC split the win the week before.

MasterChef went up a tenth to 0.8 and BH90210 lost a tenth for a 0.7. The Beverly Hills, 90210 reboot premiered at 1.5 Aug. 7.

NBC had the America’s Got Talent results show at 1.1 and Songland at 0.7, before Hollywood Game Night got a 0.4. All three were flat with last week.

CBS got a 0.6/3 and ABC a 0.5/3.

CBS had Big Brother down 15% for a 1.1, followed by repeats.

ABC had reruns across prime.

Telemundo and Univision both scored a 0.4/2. On Telemundo, Exatlon Estados Unidos and El Final Del Paraiso both scored a 0.4 and Preso No. 1 a 0.3. All three were flat.

On Univision, La Reina Soy Yo got a 0.4 and Juntos, El Corazon Nunca Se Equivoca and Sin Miedo a la Verdad 0.3s. All three were flat.

The CW did a 0.1/1, with Bulletproof and Hypnotize Me both at that number. Bulletproof was flat and Hypnotize Me lost a tenth. 

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.