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Ratings: Fox Tops NBC’s ‘Chicago’ Shows With ‘Masked Singer’ Season 5 Premiere, ‘Game of Talents’ Debut

by Tony Maglio | March 11, 2021 @ 8:45 AM

“Chicago Med,” “Fire” and “P.D.” sweep their time slots in total viewers

Eriq La Salle dubbed Wednesday’s “Chicago P.D.” one of the “finest” hours of television he’s ever directed, but it wasn’t enough to top Fox in primetime’s key-demo ratings averages. Fox premiered Season 5 of the “Masked Singer” last night, which led in to the series debut of Wayne Brady’s “Game of Talents.”

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NBC’s “One Chicago” lineup was able to sweep Wednesday in terms of total viewers. CBS ended up in a ratings tie with Univision last night, when ABC was all notched up with Telemundo.

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Fox was first in ratings with a 1.0 rating/6 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and second in total viewers with an average of 4.3 million, according to preliminary numbers. “The Masked Singer” Season 5 premiere at 8 p.m. posted a 1.2/8 and 5.4 million viewers. “Game of Talents” at 9 debuted to a 0.7/5 and 3.1 million viewers.

NBC was second in ratings with a 0.9/6 and first in viewers with 6.6 million. “Chicago Med” at 8 landed a 1.0/6 and 7.3 million viewers. At 9, “Chicago Fire” put up a 0.9/6 and 6.8 million viewers. “Chicago P.D.” at 10, a police-shooting episode that served as La Salle’s farewell as executive producer and director, drew a 0.8/6 and 5.8 million viewers.

CBS and Univision tied for third in ratings, both with a 0.4/2. CBS was third in total viewers with 3 million, Univision was fifth with 1.3 million.

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For CBS, “Tough as Nails” at 8 received a 0.4/2 and 2.8 million viewers. At 9, “SEAL Team” had a 0.4/3 and 3.4 million viewers. “S.W.A.T.” at 10 got a 0.3/2 and 2.7 million viewers.

“SEAL” and “S.W.A.T.” both settled for new ratings lows last night.

ABC and Telemundo tied for fifth in ratings, both with a 0.3/2. ABC was fourth in total viewers with 1.8 million, Telemundo was sixth with 959,000.

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For ABC, following repeats, “The Con” at 10 got a 0.2/2 and 1.7 million viewers.

The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.1/1 and in viewers with 537,000. “Riverdale” at 8 managed a 0.1/1 and 545,000 viewers. At 9, “Nancy Drew” had a 0.1/1 and 530,000 viewers.

18 New Winter Shows Ranked by Premiere Viewers, From 'Debris' to 'Holmes Family Effect' (Photos)

Is it cold in here, or is it just the "Cherries Wild" TV ratings? TheWrap has ranked the Big 4 broadcast networks' (CBS, NBC, Fox and ABC) new series by the viewership for their winter 2020-21 debut episodes.

Scroll through the gallery to see how all 18 rank.

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Rank: 18 • Show: "Cherries Wild" • Net: Fox • Total Viewers: 1.111 million • This Pepsi-produced game show had a flat debut.
Fox
Rank: 17 • Show: "Holmes Family Effect" • Net: Fox • Total Viewers: 1.230 million • Imported CTV show did not have a positive effect on Fox's ratings.
Rank: 16 • Show: "The Hustler" • Net: ABC • Total Viewers: 1.993 million • Hustlin' skills will need to improve if this show wants to get away from the bottom of the Nielsen chart.
ABC
Rank: 15 • Show: "America's Most Wanted" • Net: Fox • Total Viewers: 2.200 million • Apparently, America didn't especially want this show back.
Fox
Rank: 14 • Show: "The Great North" • Net: Fox • Total Viewers: 2.275 million • Way too far south on this list to be great.
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Rank: 13 • Show: "Name That Tune" • Net: Fox • Total Viewers: 3.036 million • It ain't the old days of TV ratings, but this'll do. (Especially for Fox.)
Fox
Rank: 12 • Show: "Game of Talents" • Net: Fox • Total Viewers: 3.096 million • Slightly more talented than...
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Rank: 11 • Show: "Call Your Mother" • Net: ABC • Total Viewers: 3.227 million • A premiere audience that not only a mother could love.
ABC
Rank: 10 • Show: "Clarice" • Net: CBS • Total Viewers: 3.960 million • "Silence of the Lambs" sequel series "Clarice" was not very silent in its debut, drawing 4 million viewers and topping its 10 p.m. time slot.
CBS
Rank: 9 • Show: "Kenan" • Net: NBC • Total Viewers: 4.071 million • The lead-out for "Young Rock" didn't have quite as strong a debut as its lead-in, but "SNL" staple Kenan Thompson still drew a decent crowd.
NBC
Rank: 8 • Show: "The Masked Dancer" • Net: Fox • Total Viewers: 4.123 million • Doing its parent series, "The Masked Singer," semi-proud with a strong-enough debut audience, which came on the heels of an NFL doubleheader.
Fox
Rank: 7 • Show: "Debris" • Net: NBC • Total Viewers: 4.360 million • Not garbage.
NBC
Rank: 6 • Show: "Mr. Mayor" • Net: NBC • Total Viewers: 4.917 million • Cheers to Ted Danson.
NBC
Rank: 5 • Show: "Young Rock" • Net: NBC • Total Viewers: 5.034 million • "Young Rock" was NBC's most-watched sitcom debut since 2017. Congrats, Dwayne.
NBC
Rank: 4 • Show: "Call Me Kat" • Net: Fox • Total Viewers: 5.372 million • Mayim Bialik's new sitcom lapped up a whole bunch of viewers -- for a comedy, especially for a Fox comedy -- but it also followed a good NFL game.
Fox
Rank: 3 • Show: "The Chase" • Net: ABC • Total Viewers: 6.203 million • Just chasing "The Equalizer" (with a big asterisk) and "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune" -- for now.
ABC
Rank: 2 • Show: "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune" • Net: ABC • Total Viewers: 7.831 million • NOT bankrupt.
ABC
Rank: 1 • Show: "The Equalizer" • Net: CBS • Total Viewers: 20.4 million • Immediately following Super Bowl LV, "The Equalizer" bowed to what appears to be a whopper of an audience. But in context, the Queen Latifah drama drew the third-smallest audience ever for a show that had the Super Bowl as its lead-in.
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“The Masked Dancer” doesn’t even make the Top 5, but “Young Rock” does

Is it cold in here, or is it just the "Cherries Wild" TV ratings? TheWrap has ranked the Big 4 broadcast networks' (CBS, NBC, Fox and ABC) new series by the viewership for their winter 2020-21 debut episodes.

Scroll through the gallery to see how all 18 rank.

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