Primetime Ratings: ABC Gets Last Laugh

With its thriving comedies, ABC won the night with a 1.7 rating in adults 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, and a 6 share. Fox was runner up at 1.5/5, then NBC at 1.4/5, CBS at 1.2/4 and The CW at 0.2/1.

The Goldbergs grew 12% to 1.9 and Speechless was up 6% to a 1.7, then Modern Family elevated 15% to 2.3 while Black-ish ticked up 6% to 1.7. The season premiere of Match Game did a 1.3, 44% better than its season finale.

Fox’s Lethal Weapon scored a flat 1.4 and Star a 1.6. Musical drama Star debuted last month at 2.2.

NBC’s Chicago P.D. did a 1.5, up 25% over its last Wednesday original, while Law & Order: SVU’s 1.5 was up 15%. Blindspot rated a flat 1.1.

On CBS, Undercover Boss grew 9% from its premiere to 1.2 and Criminal Minds was a flat 1.3, before Code Black went up 11% to 1.0.

CW aired an Arrow repeat before a new Frequency did a flat 0.2.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.