Primetime Ratings: ‘Empire’ Brings Fox to Victory

Fox won a tight ratings race Wednesday, a strong Empire leading Fox to a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That just got by the 1.2/5 that CBS scored.

Fox saw Empire climb 7% to 1.5 and Star do a flat 1.1.

On CBS, it was Survivor up 23% to 1.6 from 8 to 10 p.m., then a Magnum P.I. repeat.

The four legacy networks all got at least a full point for the night. NBC was at 1.1/5. The Christmas in Rockefeller Center special did a 1.3 from 8 to 10, after rating a 1.7 last year. A Legendary Christmas rated a 0.8.

ABC got a 1.0/4. The Goldbergs did a 1.2 and American Housewife a 1.0, both down a tenth from their last fresh airings, as was Modern Family at 1.3 and Single Parents at 0.9. A Million Little Things grew 14% for a 0.8.

Univision did a 0.5.2. Telemundo rated a 0.4/2.

The CW also got a 0.4/2. Riverdale climbed 25% to 0.5 and All American was a flat 0.3. 

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.