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Primetime Ratings: CBS, Fox Split the Win

CBS and Fox earned the top scores in Wednesday prime ratings, both posting a 1.7 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That topped the 1.3/6 that ABC scored. CBS had the Survivor premiere at 1.6, down a tenth of a point from its winter opener, and the Big Brother finale at ...

‘Big Brother’ finishes strong on CBS

CBS and Fox earned the top scores in Wednesday prime ratings, both posting a 1.7 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That topped the 1.3/6 that ABC scored.

CBS had the Survivor premiere at 1.6, down a tenth of a point from its winter opener, and the Big Brother finale at 1.6, up 23% from Sunday. Both were 90 minutes.

Fox had the Empire premiere at 1.9 and the Star opener at 1.5. The two debuted last fall to a 2.4 and 1.8, respectively.

ABC aired the premieres of The Goldbergs, with a 16 Candles theme, at 1.4 and American Housewife at 1.2. The two premiered last year to a 1.8 and a 1.6, respectively. The Modern Family starter fell 24% from last year’s premiere at 1.6 and the Single Parents series premiere rated a 1.3. A Million Little Things opened to a 1.1.

NBC did a 1.2/5. Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. all did a 1.2. Chicago Med opened to a 1.3 last year, Chicago Fire a 1.5 and Chicago P.D. a 1.3.

Telemundo rated a 0.5/2 and Univision a 0.4/2.

The CW was at 0.1/1. Burden of Truth scored a level 0.1 and a Supergirl repeat followed.


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