Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Hearty ‘Billboard Awards’
NBC was the big winner in Wednesday ratings, as the 2019 Billboard Music Awards led the network to a 2.1 in viewers 18-49, according to the Nielsen overnights, and a 10 share. That topped the 1.0/5s that both CBS and Fox posted.
The Billboard Awards took up all of prime. The telecast also did a 2.1 last year.
CBS had Survivor at a flat 1.4 and The Amazing Race was down a tenth of a point at 0.9, then SEAL Team posted a level 0.7.
Fox had Empire at 1.1 and Star at 0.9, both shows flat.
ABC scored a 0.7/3. The Goldbergs rated a 1.0 and Schooled a 0.8, both down a tenth, then Modern Family fell 17% to 1.0 and Single Parents lost 13% for a 0.7. Whiskey Cavalier slid 20% to 0.4.
Telemundo rated a 0.5/2, with La Reina del Sur at 0.7, down a tenth from last week.
Univision got a 0.4/2.
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The CW scored a 0.2/1, with both Riverdale and Jane the Virgin at 0.2. Riverdale lost a tenth and Jane was flat.
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.