Primetime Ratings: Fox’s ‘Empire’ Stays Strong

Fox cruised to the Wednesday ratings title among broadcasters, with Empire scoring a 3.6 in adults 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, same as last week. With Rosewood leading in at a flat 1.2, Fox had a 2.4 for the night, and an 8 share.

Next up was ABC at 1.5/5, CBS at 1.4/5, NBC at 1.2/4 and The CW at 0.7/3.

The Middle scored a 1.6 on ABC, down 6%, while The Goldbergs was down 5% at 1.8. Modern Family, the clan hopping a train to Portland for a wedding, was off 5% at 2.1, while Black-ish did a flat 1.6. Nashville then rated a flat 0.9.

CBS’ Survivor scored a flat 2.1, then a pair of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders episodes did 1.1s, down 8% from last week.

On NBC, Heartbeat rated a flat 0.7 and Law & Order: SVU and Chicago P.D. both rated a 1.4, SVU up 27% and P.D. up 17%.

CW had Arrow at 0.8 and Supernatural at 0.7, both down a tenth.

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.