Primetime Ratings: Strong ‘Survivor’ Paces CBS

CBS won a tight ratings race Wednesday, tallying a 1.6 in viewers 18-49, and a 6 share. A forceful Survivor led the way. CBS squeaked by NBC’s 1.5/6, with Fox just off the pace at 1.4/5.

CBS had Survivor up 29% to 1.8 from 8 to 10, then special Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live at the Apollo at 1.1.

NBC had Christmas in Rockefeller Center at 1.7, same as last year, then Law & Order: SVU was up 36% to 1.5, and Chicago P.D. grew 8% to 1.3.

On Fox, Empire was down 20% from two weeks ago at 1.6 and Star was a flat 1.2.

ABC did a 1.1/4. The Goldbergs rated a 1.4 and Speechless a 1.1, both flat with their last new airings two weeks before, then Modern Family dropped 6% to 1.6 and American Housewife fell 23% to 1.0. Designated Survivor was down a tenth of a point at 0.7.

Univision was at 0.5/2 and Telemundo at 0.4/2.

The CW rated a 0.3/1. Riverdale did a 0.5 and Dynasty a 0.2, both shows flat.

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.