Primetime Ratings: ‘Empire’ Rules Night of Reruns

Fox seized the broadcast ratings crown Wednesday, its typically sanguine Empire pacing the network to a 2.4 rating in viewers 18-49, along with an 8 share. CBS did a 1.7/6, then ABC at 1.0/3, NBC at 0.8/3 and The CW at 0.3/1.

Rosewood did a flat 1.2 leading into Empire, which posted a 3.6, down 5%.

CBS had Survivor up 5% at 2.0, then a flat Criminal Minds at 1.7 and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders down 13% to 1.3.

ABC had comedy reruns before a new Nashville slipped 20% to 0.8.  

On NBC, medical drama Heartbeat rated a 0.8, up a tenth from its last airing, before a couple of Dick Wolf crime show reruns.

The CW put up reruns of Arrow and Supernatural.

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.