Primetime Ratings: Strong ‘Big Brother,’ ‘Zoo’ Pace CBS

CBS was tops among broadcasters in Thursday’s prime ratings, putting up a 1.1 score in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That topped NBC’s 0.9/4.

CBS had repeated comedies leading in to Big Brother at a flat 1.9. Drama Zoo grew 20% to 0.6.

NBC had Hollywood Game Night at a flat 0.9 and The Wall fell 9% to 1.0, then The Night Shift grew 14% to 0.8.

Fox was at 0.7/3. Beat Shazam did a level 0.8 and Love Connection a 0.6, down 14%.

ABC scored a 0.6/3. Boy Band was at a flat 0.5 and Battle of the Network Stars a 0.6, down 14%. The Gong Show’s 0.6 matched last week’s score.  

Spanish-language networks Telemundo did a 0.6/3 and Univision a 0.5/2.

The CW did a 0.3/1. Penn & Teller: Fool Us lost 25% at 0.3 and Hooten & the Lady scored a flat 0.2.  

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.