Primetime Ratings: Upticking Fox, Steady NBC Split Win
Fox and NBC were the top ratings grabbers during Wednesday primetime, both with a 1.2 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share.
Two episodes of Fox’s MasterChef did a 1.1 and a 1.3, up over last week’s 1.0 and 1.1.
On NBC, the America’s Got Talent results show did a flat 2.0, with 11.1 million total viewers, before a double run of Marlon posted a 1.2 and a 1.0, also level with last Wednesday’s performance. A Law & Order: SVU repeat closed out prime.
CBS weighed in at 0.9/4. Big Brother ticked up 6% to a 1.8 and Salvation was up 25% to 0.5, before a repeat of Criminal Minds.
ABC was at 0.7/3, with repeated comedies and then 20/20 at 0.7.
Telemundo scored a 0.6/3 and Univision a 0.5/2.
The CW was at 0.2/1 with two hours of Vixen.
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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.