Airing after the Super Bowl isn’t quite what it used to be. After debuting after the big game on Sunday, The World’s Best took a major hit in its regular timeslot debut.
On CBS, the talent competition opened to a modest 1.0 rating among adults 18-49 and 5.55 million viewers in its regular time period Wednesday. Sunday’s post-Super Bowl episode drew a 7.0 in the 18-49 demographic and 22.2 million people. The show finished third in adults 18-49 from 8-10 PM, behind Fox and NBC, and second in viewers after NBC. The season finale of Criminal Minds followed and hit a 0.8 demo score and 4.73 million viewers, steady week to week.
On NBC, Chicago Med scored a season-high 1.4 in the demo on NBC and was the night’s most-watched show with 9.33 million viewers (just shy of the prior week’s season-high 9.41 million). Chicago Fire (1.3, 8.78 million viewers) and Chicago P.D. (1.2, 7.38 million viewers) both added a tenth of a point to last week’s ratings and had the night’s second- and third-largest total audiences.
On FOX, The Masked Singer slipped about 15 percent from last week’s numbers but its 2.2 in adults 18-49 still led the night by a good margin. It also hit 7.06 million total viewers. 24 Hours to Hell and Back was off slightly at a 1.1 demo score and 3.81 million viewers.
On The CW, Riverdale hit a season-low 0.3 and 999,000 viewers but All American held at its typical 0.2 demo rating and 590,000 viewers.
ABC aired reruns for the night
