Primetime Ratings Wednesday: ‘Chicago’ Shows Lead NBC
‘Tough As Nails’ opens so-so on CBS
NBC easily won the Wednesday ratings derby, with its Chicago dramas giving the net the win. NBC scored a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. In second was Fox at 0.5/3.
Chicago Med got a 0.9 and Chicago Fire a 1.0, Med down a tenth and Fire up one. Chicago P.D. scored a flat 0.8.
On Fox, The Masked Dancer rated a 0.6 and Name That Tune a 0.5, both up a tenth.
ABC, CBS and Univision all rated a 0.4/2 on the night. ABC had The Goldbergs up 20% to 0.6 and American Housewife at a level 0.5. After a Conners repeat, Call Your Mother got a flat 0.3 and For Life slid 33% to 0.2.
CBS had the season starter for Tough As Nails at 0.5, down a tenth from the series premiere, and repeats of SEAL Team and SWAT.
On Univision, Vencer El Desamor shot up 25% to 0.5. Te Acuerdas de Mi and Dulce Ambicion both scored a flat 0.3.
Telemundo was just behind at 0.3/2. Exatlon Estados Unidos flew up 100% to 0.4. La Suerte de Loli and Buscando a Frida both rated a level 0.3.
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The CW rated a 0.1/1. Riverdale and Nancy Drew both notched a flat 0.1.
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.