Ratings: ‘Survivor’ Finale Shocker Dominates Against Rerun Competition
Wednesday’s “Survivor” season finale left fans stunned — but the Nielsen ratings results against a bunch of reruns were actually pretty predictable.
CBS cruised to an outright victory last night, when NBC finished No. 2 with a “Will & Grace” rerun and a re-airing of movie “Pitch Perfect.”
Ultimately, 34-year-old marine Ben Driebergen from Boise, Idaho, won Jeff Probst’s $1 million prize and title of “Survivor.” Read how he pulled that one off here.
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CBS was first in ratings with a 1.8 rating/7 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 8.3 million, according to preliminary numbers.