Fox’s “MasterChef” tied with NBC’s “Little Big Shots” season finale last night at 8 p.m., though the latter dominated among total viewers.
Still, Fox finished first in the key 18-49 demographic Thursday, when CBS reruns just slightly topped NBC’s primetime lineup in overall eyeballs.
Fox was first in ratings with a 0.9 rating/4 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and third in total viewers with an average of 3 million, according to preliminary numbers. “MasterChef” at 8 p.m. earned a 1.1/5 and 3.6 million viewers. “The F Word” at 9 got a 0.8/4 and 2.4 million viewers.
NBC was second in ratings with a 0.7/3 and in viewers with 4.068 million. “Little Big Shots” at 8 landed a 1.1/5 and 7.2 million viewers. “The Carmichael Show” at 9 received a 0.8/3 and 3.8 million viewers. Reruns followed.
CBS and ABC tied for third in ratings, both with a 0.6/3. CBS was first in viewers with 4.075 million, ABC was fourth with 2.7 million. Both aired entirely repeats.
Univision was fifth in ratings with a 0.5/2 and in viewers with 1.5 million.
Telemundo was sixth in ratings with a 0.4/2 and seventh in viewers with 1.09 million.
The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.3/1 and in viewers with 1.07 million, running all reruns.