Primetime Ratings: ‘Chicago Med’ Debuts Healthy

NBC won the Wednesday ratings race, its 2.2 score in viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen overnights, along with a 7 share, tops among broadcasters. CBS came in second with a 1.7/6, then ABC at 1.1/3 and Fox and The CW with 0.9/3s.

The Voice scored a 2.6 for NBC, down 4% from last week’s 2.7, then it was off to Chicago, with Chicago Med debuting to a healthy 2.2 and Chicago Fire down 10% from last week at 1.9. Chicago Med had 8.6 million total viewers.

CBS had NCIS at 2.1, down 5%, and NCIS: New Orleans at 1.6, off 6%, before Limitless scored a 1.4, off 7% from last week.

ABC had The Muppets at a flat 1.2, then Fresh Off the Boat scored a 1.4, up 8%. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. posted a flat 1.3 before a repeat of Shark Tank, whose 0.7 easily outrated last week’s Wicked City, which was canceled.

On Fox, Grandfathered scored a flat 1.0 and The Grinder up 13% to a 0.9, before Scream Queens, the Red Devil(s) wreaking his/their usual brand of murderous mayhem, was flat at 0.9.

CW had an off night with The Flash at 1.3, down 13%, and iZombie at 0.5, down 17%.

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.