Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins as ‘American Ninja Warrior’ Returns
NBC got top spot in Wednesday ratings, the season starter for American Ninja Warrior pacing NBC to a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. In second was Fox at 0.8/4.
American Ninja Warrior did a 1.0 from 8 to 10 p.m., down from its 1.2 opener a year ago, and the premiere of The InBetween got a 0.6.
On Fox, the season premiere of MasterChef got a 0.8, shy of its 1.0 premiere last year, and Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back grew 40% to 0.7.
ABC and CBS both did a 0.5/3. ABC had comedy reruns throughout prime.
CBS had The Amazing Race at a flat 0.8 and NCIS: The Cases They Can’t Forget at 0.4 from 9 to 11.
Telemundo got a 0.5/2, with La Reina del Sur at a level 0.6.
Univision did a 0.3/2.
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The CW got a 0.2/1. My Last Days and Jane the Virgin both got a 0.2, the former flat and the latter down a tenth of a point.
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.