Fox’s new quirky competition “The Masked Singer” revealed itself to 9.2 million viewers on Wednesday night. That is a huge number for the network.
The show scored a giant 2.9 rating among adults 18-49, and Fox easily won in primetime averages.
Fox was first in ratings with a 2.1 rating/9 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 6.7 million, according to preliminary numbers. “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hour to Hell and Back” at 8 p.m. put up a 1.2/5 and 4.1 million viewers. “The Masked Singer” followed at 9, posting a 12 share in addition to the above-mentioned numbers.
CBS was second in ratings with a 0.8/4 and in viewers with 5.9 million. Following repeats, “SEAL Team” at 9 had a 0.9/3 and 6.2 million viewers. At 10, “Criminal Minds” got a 0.7/3 and 4.9 million viewers.
NBC and ABC tied for third in ratings, both with a 0.6. ABC had a 3 share, NBC got a 2. NBC was third in total viewers with 3.9 million, ABC was fourth with 2.5 million.
Both networks aired all repeats.
Univision was fifth in ratings with a 0.4/2 and in viewers with 1.3 million.
Telemundo was sixth in ratings with a 0.3/1 and in viewers with 1 million.
The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.2/1 and in viewers with 514,000, airing a pair of reruns.