Primetime Ratings: ‘Empire’ Delivers Win For Fox

Led by Empire, Fox won the Wednesday ratings battle, posting a 1.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, along with a 6 share. In second was NBC at 1.3/5.

Empire was down a tenth of a point at 1.7 and Star was a flat 1.3.

On NBC, The Voice did a 1.4—it scored a 1.5 Tuesday--and Law & Order: SVU grew 27% to 1.4, then Chicago P.D. ticked up 9% to 1.2.

CBS rated a 1.1/5. Survivor went up 7% to 1.6 and the two-hour Criminal Minds finale posted a flat 0.9.

ABC was good for a 0.7/3. It had comedy repeats and a fresh Alex, Inc. at 0.6, down 33% from last week, then Designated Survivor at a level 0.6.

Univision and Telemundo both did a 0.5/2.

The CW rated a 0.4/2, with Riverdale up a tenth at 0.4 and the premiere of The Originals at 0.4.

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.