Primetime Ratings Wednesday: ‘Masked Singer’ Up as Fox Wins
‘Chicago Med’ and ‘Chicago Fire’ lose a little on NBC
Fox won the Wednesday ratings race, with The Masked Singer doing its usual ratings damage. Fox earned a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. Just behind was Dick Wolf-fueled NBC at 0.8/5.
The Masked Singer scored a 1.1 and Game of Talents a 0.6 on Fox. Both competition shows were up a tenth.
NBC had Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. all at 0.8. Med and Fire lost a tenth and P.D. stayed level.
ABC and CBS both scored a 0.4/3. ABC had finales for The Goldbergs at 0.5, Home Economics at 0.4, The Conners at 0.5 and Call Your Mother at 0.3. A Million Little Things did a 0.3. Everything on ABC was flat on the night.
CBS had Kids Say the Darndest Things at a flat 0.3. SEAL Team did a 0.5 and SWAT a 0.4, both dramas up a tenth.
Univision tallied a 0.3/2 and Telemundo a 0.2/2. Univision had Disenando Tu Amor at 0.4, Te Acuerdas De Mi at 0.3 and La Hija Del Embajador at 0.3. Disenando gained a tenth and the other two stayed flat.
On Telemundo it was Exatlon Estados Unidos and La Suerte De Loli at flat 0.2s. Buscando A Frida shed 25% for a 0.3.
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The CW scored a 0.1/0. A Kung Fu rerun led into Nancy Drew, which was down a tenth at 0.0.
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.