Primetime Ratings: ‘Tough As Nails’ Opener Paces CBS

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CBS and Univision split the Wednesday ratings race, both networks posting a 0.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 3 share. Fox was just off the pace at 0.4/3. 

NBC had a 0.4/2 and ABC and Telemundo both scored a 0.3/2. 

The CW got a 0.1/1. 

CBS had the series premiere of competition show Tough as Nails from 8-10 p.m. It got a 0.6 and led into a SEAL Team rerun. 

Univision had Te Doy La Vida and Amor Eterno at flat 0.5s. Como Tu No Hay 2 dropped 20% to 0.4. 

On Fox it was a MasterChef repeat and then Ultimate Tag shot up 25% to 0.5.

NBC had Chicago reruns. 

On ABC it was comedy reruns before a Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD repeat. 

Telemundo had Cennet at a flat 0.3 and 100 Dias Para Enamorarnos and Enemigo Intimo both down a tenth at 0.2. 

The CW had The 100 and Bulletproof both at 0.1. The 100 lost a tenth and Bulletproof was level with last week.

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.