Last week, Fox’s “Name That Tune” outperformed lead-in “The Masked Dancer” in TV ratings among adults 18-49. That was not the case last night. Also of note on Wednesday, ABC’s “The Goldbergs” settled for series lows in Nielsen’s earliest-available numbers.
Fox finished second in primetime ratings averages on Wednesday and third in terms of total viewers. NBC won primetime outright with its successful “One Chicago” lineup.
CBS managed a second-place finish in overall audience size thanks to its annual “Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials” special. A pair of reruns after that 8 o’clock hour dragged the network down into a key demo-ratings tie with both Spanish-language networks Univision and Telemundo.
NBC was first in ratings with a 0.9 rating/6 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 6.8 million, according to preliminary numbers. “Chicago Med” at 8 drew a 1.0/6 and 7.3 million viewers. At 9, “Chicago Fire” posted a 0.9/6 and 7.2 million viewers. “Chicago P.D.” at 10 received a 0.8/6 and 6 million viewers.
Fox was second in ratings with a 0.5/3 and third in viewers with 2.5 million. “The Masked Dancer” at 8 had a 0.5/3 and 2.7 million viewers. At 9, “Name That Tune” got a 0.4/3 and 2.3 million viewers.
ABC was third in ratings with a 0.4/3 and fourth in viewers with 2.4 million. “The Goldbergs” at 8 received a 0.5/4 and 3.1 million viewers. At 8:30, “American Housewife” had a 0.5/3 and 2.6 million viewers. “The Conners” at 9 got a 0.5/3 and 3.5 million viewers. At 9:30, “Call Your Mother” managed a 0.3/2 and 2.4 million viewers. At 10, drama “For Life” finished primetime with a 0.3/2 and 1.4 million viewers.
CBS, Univision and Telemundo tied for fourth in ratings, each with a 0.3/2. CBS was second in total viewers with 3 million, Univision was fifth with 1.3 million and Telemundo was sixth with 947,000.
For CBS, “Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials 2021” at 8 put up a 0.6/4 and 5 million viewers.
The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.1/1 and in viewers with 516,000. “Riverdale” at 8 had a 0.1/1 and 557,000 viewers. At 9, “Nancy Drew” settled for a 0.1/0 and 476,000 viewers.