CBS reruns top Thursday in total viewers
ABC returned to an original-episode lineup last night, when its “Holey Moley,” “Don’t” and “To Tell the Truth” episodes tied Univision’s telenovelas for first place in primetime TV ratings.
NBC and CBS aired all reruns on Thursday, when CBS finished first in total viewers.
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Click Here Already a subscriber? LoginABC and Univision tied for first in ratings, both with a 0.5 rating/3 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic, according to preliminary Nielsen numbers. ABC was second in total viewers with 2.7 million, Univision was fifth with 1.6 million.
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For ABC, “Holey Moley” at 8 p.m. had a 0.5/3 and 2.9 million viewers. At 9, “Don’t” got a 0.4/3 and 2.3 million viewers. “To Tell the Truth” at 10 received a 0.5/3 and 2.9 million viewers.
Univision aired “Te Doy La Vida,” “Medicos” and “Como Tu No Hay Dos” in primetime.
CBS and Fox tied for third in ratings, both with a 0.4/3. CBS was first in total viewers with 3.2 million, Fox was fourth with 2 million.
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Fox aired the New York Mets vs. Boston Red Sox baseball game last night.
NBC and Telemundo tied for fifth in ratings, both with a 0.3/2. NBC was third in total viewers with 2.2 million, Telemundo was sixth with 967,000.
The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.1/1 and in viewers with 532,000. “Killer Camp” at 8 had a 0.1/1 and 520,000 viewers.
7 TV Shows That Have Cracked Real Mysteries, From 'The Jinx' to 'Unsolved Mysteries' (Photos)
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Robert Durst in HBO's "The Jinx"The debut of Netflix's "Unsolved Mysteries" reboot earlier this month has set off a clamoring for cold cases to be reopened and brought to justice. In that spirit, we've compiled a list of TV shows that have actually solved crimes, exonerated people, and found answers to the unknown, from "The Jinx" miniseries that lead to the arrest of Robert Durst, to "Extinct or Alive," which found a living animal thought to have died out over 100 years ago.
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Netflix"Unsolved Mysteries"
Back before the Netflix reboot, this classic series was on network television. Creator Terry Meurer told TheWrap that during its original 23-year run, the series helped to solve over 260 cold cases. She has high hopes that this new incarnation of the series will have the same luck.
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Oxygen
"Cold Justice"
This crime series from Dick Wolf and Magical Elves works with local law enforcement to solve cold cases. The resulted thus far: 45 arrests and 18 convictions, according to Oxygen.
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HBO
"The Jinx"
This miniseries written by "All Good Things" director Andrew Jarecki led to Robert Durst's long-awaited arrest for the murder of Susan Berman just one day before the finale of "The Jinx" aired on TV. Durst had admired Jarecki's work on "All Good Things" and had offered to be interviewed for the miniseries.
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Photo credit Mark Romanov and John Harrington
"Extinct or Alive"
This one has more to do with animals than humans, but we have to give Animal Planet credit for discovering live members of a species that was believed to have been extinct. Last year, series host and biologist Forrest Galante found a female Fernandina Tortoise -- presumed extinct since 1906 -- on a remote volcanic island in the Galapagos.
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Discovery
"Expedition Unknown"
Host Josh Gates took part in finding one of 12 treasure boxes that were buried in different American cities nearly 40 years ago by Bryon Preiss, whose 1982 book "The Secret" gave elaborate clues to the boxes whereabouts. In one episode, Gates meets a family who located the Boston box.
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Fox
"America's Most Wanted"
This long-running Fox series was successful in finding many fugitives wanted by the FBI, including Ricky Allen Bright, Steven Ray Stout, Robert Lee Jones and more, according to CBS News.
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Netflix
"Curb Your Enthusiasm"
This Larry David HBO series unknowingly captured the key to freeing Juan Catalan, a man who was on death row for a murder he did not commit. "Curb" had been filming at Dodger Stadium on the day of the murder, providing evidence that Catalan was watching the game with his 6-year-old daughter and could not have been at the crime scene. Catalan and David both later appeared in the 2017 Netflix documentary "Long Shot."
These shows have lead to both arrests and exonerations
The debut of Netflix's "Unsolved Mysteries" reboot earlier this month has set off a clamoring for cold cases to be reopened and brought to justice. In that spirit, we've compiled a list of TV shows that have actually solved crimes, exonerated people, and found answers to the unknown, from "The Jinx" miniseries that lead to the arrest of Robert Durst, to "Extinct or Alive," which found a living animal thought to have died out over 100 years ago.
Tony Maglio
TV Editor • tony.maglio@thewrap.com • Twitter: @tonymaglio