Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins as ‘Carmichael Show’ Grows
NBC was the top ratings earner in Wednesday prime, putting up a 1.2 in viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, and a 5 share. That beat CBS’ 1.0/4.
America’s Got Talent did a 1.4 on NBC with a “Road to the Finals” recap, while a double run of The Carmichael Show rated a 0.8 and 0.7. Last week’s Carmichael double shot did a 0.7 and 0.6. The show will not be back for season four.
On CBS, Big Brother rated a 2.0 and Salvation a 0.6, both up a tenth of a point over last week, before a Criminal Minds repeat closed out prime.
ABC was just behind at 0.9/4. Comedy repeats led into part one of Princess Diana documentary The Story of Diana at 1.0.
Fox was at 0.7/3. MasterChef scored a 0.9 and The F Word With Gordon Ramsay a 0.5. Both shows were down a tenth of a point from last week.
Telemundo did a 0.7/3 and Univision a 0.5/2.
The CW rated a 0.3/1 with repeats.
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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.