Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins Despite Modest ‘Empire’ Drop

Fox won the Wednesday ratings derby, posting a 1.5 score in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That topped the 1.3/5 put up by CBS. 

Fox did a 1.7/6 the week before. Empire dropped 5% to 1.8, then Star fell 13% to 1.3. 

On CBS, Survivor grew 6% to 1.7 before SEAL Team fell 17% to 1.0 and Criminal Minds was a flat 1.1. 

ABC had a 1.2/5, with The Goldbergs at a flat 1.4 and Speechless also flat at 1.1. Modern Family slipped 6% to 1.7 and American Housewife did a level 1.4. Designated Survivor was down 11% at 0.8. 

NBC was at 1.1/4. The Blacklist rated a flat 0.9 and Law & Order: SVU a level 1.2. Chicago P.D. fell 8% to 1.1. 

Telemundo scored a 0.6/2 and Univision a 0.5/2. 

The CW was at 0.5/2 as well, with Riverdale losing 25% of its premiere audience at 0.6 and Dynasty also down 25% at 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.