Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Hall of Fame Game
NBC won Thursday ratings by a mile, pre-season football leading the network to a 1.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. That doubled the 0.7/4 that Fox rated.
NBC had Broncos versus Falcons throughout prime. It was the Hall of Fame game.
Fox had MasterChef up 14% at 0.8 and Spin the Wheel at a flat 0.5.
CBS got a 0.6/3 and ABC did a 0.5/3.
Love Island got a 0.5 on CBS and Big Brother a 1.0, those two flat, then Elementary fell 25% to 0.3.
On ABC, Holey Moley went up 17% to 0.7 and Family Food Fight was a flat 0.4, and Reef Break a level 0.3.
Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.3/2. On Telemundo, Un Poquito Tuyo got a 0.2 and Betty en NY a 0.4, both down a tenth, and Preso No. 1 did a flat 0.4. On Univision, La Reina Soy Yo did a 0.4, La Rosa de Guadalupe a 0.3 and Sin Miedo a la Verdad a 0.3, all three flat.
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The CW did a 0.2/1. The iZombie finale got a 0.2, as did The Outpost.
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.