Primetime Ratings Wednesday: NBC Leads with 'Chicago' Shows
NBC tops Fox, which had ‘Masked Singer’
NBC got the ratings title Wednesday, with the Chicago shows setting a hot pace. NBC rated a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. Just behind was Fox at 0.8/5.
The networks had President Biden’s address at 9 p.m. last Wednesday.
Chicago Med did a 0.8, down a tenth from two weeks ago. Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. both went up a tenth on NBC to 0.9.
Fox had The Masked Singer up 25% to 1.0 and Game of Talents down 17% to 0.5.
ABC and CBS both scored a 0.4/3. ABC had The Goldbergs at 0.5 and Home Economics at 0.4, both flat. A pair of The Conners reruns led into A Million Little Things at a level 0.3.
CBS had the premiere of Kids Say the Darndest Things at 0.3. SEAL Team got a 0.4, as did SWAT, both level with their last airings.
Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.3/2. Telemundo had Exatlon Estados Unidos at 0.3, La Suerte De Loli at 0.2 and Buscando A Frida at 0.3. All three were flat.
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On Univision, it was 0.3s for Disenando Tu Amor, Te Acuerdas De Mi and La Hija Del Embajador. Disenando and Te Acuerdas lost a tenth, and La Hija stayed level.
The CW rated a 0.1/1. Kung Fu and Nancy Drew both got a 0.1, Fu off a tenth and Drew level.
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.