Primetime Ratings: ‘Empire’ Down But Leads Fox

Fox was tops among broadcasters Wednesday, with a 1.4 in adults 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. Shots Fired did a 0.8, same as last week, before Empire rated a 2.1. It did a 2.3 in its previous original airing. 

ABC and CBS were both at 1.2/5. For ABC, The Goldbergs was at 1.4 and Speechless at 1.2, both down a tenth of a point. Black-ish too was down a tenth at 1.2 in a double run. Designated Survivor grew 10% to 1.1. 

On CBS, Survivor did a 1.7 before Criminal Minds rated a 1.2 and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders a 0.8; all three were flat.  

NBC did a 1.1/5, with Blindspot at a flat 0.9 and Law & Order: SVU at a flat 1.1. Chicago P.D. then did a 1.2, down 8%. 

On The CW, which was at 0.4/2, Arrow was at 0.5 and The 100 at 0.3, both flat with their last airings.

Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision was at 0.6/2 while Telemundo was at 0.4/2.   

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.