Ratings: CBS' 'Salvation' and 'Elementary' Finish Quietly Against Emmys

Monday night belonged to NBC and the Primetime Emmys, but there were other shows on broadcast TV too. Of note, CBS snuck in finales for “Salvation” and “Elementary” against the stiff competition. They didn’t do well.

Read more about the Emmy Awards’ early ratings here. That data is actually more reliable than the fast national Nielsen numbers we’re going to post below. Final, time zone-adjusted data for NBC should be in soon.

CBS, ABC, Fox and Telemundo all tied for second in key demo behind NBC.

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NBC was first in ratings with a (temporary) 2.1 rating/9 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 9.1 million, according to preliminary numbers. The Emmys was the only show on NBC’s primetime schedule.

CBS, ABC, Fox and Telemundo all had a 0.6. ABC and Fox had 3 shares, CBS and Telemundo each had a 2. CBS was second in total viewers with 3.5 million; ABC was third with 3.2 million; Fox was fourth with 2.5 million; Telemundo was fifth with 1.5 million.

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For CBS, following reruns, the “Salvation” season finale at 9 p.m. had a 0.4/2 and 2.7 million viewers. the “Elementary” finale at 10 got a 0.5/2 and 3.1 million viewers.

For ABC, two hours of “Castaways” averaged a 0.6/3 and 3.2 million viewers. A repeat followed.

For Fox, “Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes” was the only telecast on its schedule, averaging the above numbers.

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Univision was sixth in ratings with a 0.4/2 and in viewers with 1.4 million.

The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.2/1 and in viewers with 703,000, airing all reruns.

The Best and Worst Moments of the 70th Emmy Awards (Photos)

With the 2018 Emmy Awards well under way, here are some of the highs and lows of this year's awards show.
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Best: Sandra Oh as a presenter

When presenting the award for Best Directing for a Comedy, Oh decided to speak from the heart in lieu of a prepared speech with her co-presenter Andy Samberg. The "Killing Eve" actress -- who herself was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama -- got so flustered that she ripped the card with the winner's name in half and announced "La La Land" as the winner. "Anything but that!" Samberg cut in.
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Worst: The Opening Number

While entertaining, the opening number was all about diversity in Hollywood. And while the lyrics "we solved it" were tongue-in-cheek, the first several winners were all white -- until Regina King won for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie -- making the message fall flat.
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Best: Chrissy Teigen and John Legend presenting Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

The couple presented the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, and when Legend commented on what a year they've had, Teigen cut in to joke, "We know, we know" about her husband completing his EGOT.
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Worst: Fred Armisen and Maya Rudolph

While Armisen and Rudolph are a funny pair, their bits in between presenters fell flat. And for a show that often runs long, it didn't seem a necessary way to spend air time.
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Best: John Mulaney's acceptance speech

When accepting his award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special, Mulaney thanked his wife, who couldn't be at the awards because she was in New York. Mulaney said that she told him, "I just can't fly across the country to watch you lose," which garnered laughs from the audience.
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Best: The proposal

During his acceptance speech for Outstanding Directing of a Variety Special for “The Oscars,” Glenn Weiss proposed to his girlfriend Jan Svendsen.

“Do you know why I don’t like to call you my girlfriend?” the director said. “Because I want to call you my wife.” The crowd inside the Microsoft Theater immediately started cheering, and Svendsen started nodding her head “yes.”
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