Primetime Ratings: Mighty ‘Masked Singer’ Leads Fox to Win

Fox took Wednesday ratings, as a robust The Masked Singer led to a hearty 1.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. Runner-up NBC got a 1.3/6.

On Fox, Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back grew 10% to 1.1 and The Masked Singer climbed 8% for a 2.6. Spoiler alert--Joey Fatone and Rumer Willis took off their masks on the Wednesday program.

On NBC, Chicago Med and Chicago Fire both got a 1.3, the first flat and the second up a tenth of a point, before a crossover episode of Chicago P.D. skyrocketed 27% to 1.4.

CBS did a 1.0/4. The season premiere of Survivor got a 1.6, same as its fall premiere, and The World’s Best lost 22% for a 0.7 from 9 to 11 p.m.

ABC was at 0.8/3. The Goldbergs got a level 1.1 and Schooled ticked up 13% to 0.9. Modern Family fell 8% to 1.1 and Single Parents grew 17% to 0.7, before Match Game rated a flat 0.5.

Univision had a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/2.

The CW had repeats en route to a 0.2/1.

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.