Primetime Ratings Wednesday: Fox, NBC Share Crown
‘Chicago’ dramas all pick up on NBC
Fox and NBC split the Wednesday Nielsens title, both posting a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. Fox had The Masked Singer and NBC had its Chicago dramas.
The Masked Singer did a flat 1.1 on Fox and Game of Talents lost 14% for a 0.6.
On NBC, Chicago Med got a 0.8, Chicago Fire a 0.9 and Chicago P.D. a 0.9. All three picked up a tenth of a point.
Everyone else was playing for scraps. ABC did a 0.4/3 and CBS a 0.3/2.
ABC had The Goldbergs at 0.5 and the American Housewife season finale at 0.4, both down a tenth. The Conners got a 0.5 and Call Your Mother a 0.3, both flat. The Con finale did a flat 0.2.
On CBS, Tough As Nails earned a flat 0.4 and led into reruns of SEAL Team and SWAT.
Univision also got a 0.3/2. La Rosa De Guadalupe did a 0.4 and Te Acuerdas De Mi and La Hija Del Embajador 0.3s, Te Acuerdas down a tenth and La Hija level.
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Telemundo posted a 0.2/2. Exatlon Estados Unidos scored a 0.3 and La Suerte De Loli a 0.2. Buscando A Frida got a 0.3. Exatlon and Buscando were flat and La Suerte lost a tenth.
The CW scored a 0.1/1. Riverdale did a 0.1 and Nancy Drew a 0.0, both losing a tenth.
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.