‘The Masked Singer’ Falls to Season Low Viewership With Controversial Rudy Giuliani Unmasking

variety.com:

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterAfter months of criticism and anticipation, “The Masked Singer” episode featuring the unmasking of Rudy Giuliani finally aired Wednesday on Fox.

The show’s installment with the disgraced former mayor of New York City and former personal attorney for President Donald Trump, got a 0.6 demo rating and 3.6 million total viewers, according to fast-affiliate Nielsen data.Viewership for Season 7 has been in flux since its March 9 premiere, with the Fox celebrity singing competition drawing a season high 4.3 million viewers on March 30, only to reach a season low of 3.9 million last Wednesday — which was beat by last night’s new low. “The Masked Singer’s” demo has also taken a hit, going from a 1.0 with the seventh-season opener down to a 0.6 for the week-ago episode, which it matched this week.

Last night’s 8 p.m. airing of “The Masked Singer” was easily bested by its time-slot competition CBS’ “Survivor” and NBC’s “Chicago Med” in audience size. “Survivor” had a 0.8 rating and 5.2 million viewers, while “Chicago Med” had a 0.6 and 6.5 million. “Masked Singer” did manage to top the 8 o’clock programming blocks on ABC, with the “The Golbergs” and “The Wonder Years” combining to draw a 0.4 and 2.3 million viewers for the hour, and The CW network, which got 895,000 viewers and a 0.1 rating for its special “Freddie Mercury: The Final Act.”Final numbers for Wednesday primetime will be available later Thursday, and Variety will update this story at that time.To date, this season of “The Masked Singer” has averaged a 0.7 rating among adults 18-49 and 4.1 million total viewers in Live + Same Day Nielsen data.