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UPDATED with final numbers: As expected, all of broadcasters’ primetime shows took a hit Thursday thanks to a slew of NFL preseason games in local markets. CBS’ Big Brother remained the night’s top-rated and most-watched program, but saw a downward adjustment of three tenths of a ratings point in the key adults 18-49…

The CW said an emotional goodbye to Jennie Snyder Urman’s Jane the Virgin on Wednesday night, and the telenovela dramedy starring Gina Rodriguez wrapped it run with a steady-as-ever  0.2 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 660,000 viewers. Leading into the finale was a one-hour retrospective special (0.2…

CBS and Fox duked it out in primetime Thursday, with the networks tying for the top spot in the key adults 18-49 demographic. It was CBS that took total viewers, though, led by the night’s highest-rated and most-watched program Big Brother (1.0 rating in adults 18-49, 3.86 million viewers), which maintained its…

Fox’s culinary reality competition MasterChef went from a boil to a simmer Wednesday, slipping a tenth from last week with a 0.7 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.15 million viewers. CBS’ prized reality series Big Brother (1.0, 3.15M) continues to do well, holding steady and taking the night in both…

CBS’ Big Brother continues to remain head of household among its primetime peers, matching last week’s 1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.96 million viewers Wednesday night. Fox’s culinary reality series MasterChef (0.8, 3.04M) cooked up a boost, rising a tenth from last week. With CBS aided by the…

NBC’s regular-slot season premiere of American Ninja Warrior (1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demograpic, 4.80 million viewers) was Wednesday’s No. 1 program in primetime, taking 8-10 PM in both metrics, though it opened down two tenths in the demo and about 600,000 in total viewers from its last launch. After Ninja War…

UPDATED, 3:23 PM: Fox has moved up the Season 16 premiere of So You Think You Can Dance by a week to Monday, June 3 and released a new promo. Watch it below. PREVIOUSLY, March 27: Fox is making its summer plans. The network today unveiled premiere dates for returning reality competition hits So You Think You Can Dance…

America's Got Talent‘s Season 13 finale (2.0 demo rating, 12.59 million viewers) dominated Wednesday primetime competition, jumping 25% from the previous Wednesday's broadcast to deliver an NBC season high in its time slot excluding Olympics. But it slipped noticeably compared with last year's wrapper. NBC's I Feel Bad…

Because Gordon Ramsay apparently isn’t busy enough, Fox has ordered a 10th season of his MasterChef. The renewal of the unscripted hit from Endemol Shine comes ahead of tonight’s Season 9 finale. The network also said today that Natalka Znak (Hardcore Pawn) has joined the show as executive producer. Nationwide casting…

In their latest Wednesday 8 PM smackdown CBS's Big Brother (1.5 demo rating, 5.45M viewers) was the night’s top broadcast program in the demo, but NBC's America's Got Talent (1.4, 9.73M) claimed the Wednesday crown in overall audience by a lap (aka 4.3 million). Both shows bested Fox's 8-10 PM Masterchef (1.0, 3.36M)…

Trophy show slump hit ABC's 8-11 PM CMA Fest broadcast (0.9 demo rating, 4:72 million viewers), which tumbled 25% in the demo and by nearly 1 million viewer compared to last year, when it had aired a week later in the summer. CBS's Big Brother (1.5, 5.60M) was Wednesday’s most watched broadcast how, topping demos too…

There was a lot of love and bookending for the end of The Originals (0.3/1) last night as The Vampire Diaries spinoff closed out five seasons with a bit of bite. Matching its ratings result among adults 18-49 of last week, the New Orleans-set supernatural show pulled off the increasingly rare feat of being even with…