Primetime Ratings Wednesday: ‘MasterChef’ Drops But Fox Still Prevails
Joel McHale’s ‘Crime Scene Kitchen’ stays level on Fox
Fox won the Wednesday ratings derby, with MasterChef leading the way. Fox averaged a 0.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 3 share. That barely beat the 0.4/3s that ABC and NBC posted.
MasterChef lost 17% for a 0.5 and Crime Scene Kitchen got a flat 0.4 on Fox.
ABC had Press Your Luck up 25% to 0.5 and The $100,000 Pyramid down 20% to 0.4. A Celebrity Dating Game rerun followed.
NBC had Olympic trials at 0.5 from 8 to 10 p.m. and The Blacklist at 0.3.
Telemundo and Univision both scored a 0.3/2. Exatlon Estados Unidos, La Suerte De Loli and Cafe Con Aroma De Mujer all got a flat 0.3 on Telemundo.
On Univision, Disenando Tu Amor fell 25% to 0.3, Si Nos Dejan shot up 33% to 0.4 and La Hija Del Embajador notched a flat 0.2.
CBS averaged a 0.2/2. Kids Say the Darndest Things slid 25% to 0.3 and two SWAT reruns followed.
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The CW posted a 0.1/1 with repeats.
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.