Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins on Growing Dramas
Thanks to Empire, Fox won the Wednesday ratings race with a 2.5 in adults 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, alongside a 9 share. CBS trailed at 1.4/5, then ABC at 1.3/4, and NBC and The CW at 0.8/3.
Empire grew 3% to 3.7, following Rosewood’s 1.3, up 8%.
CBS had Survivor at 2.1, up 5%, then a repeat, then Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders down 8% to 1.2.
On ABC, The Middle rated a 1.6, down a tenth, and a Goldbergs clip show a 1.6, down from 1.8 in its last original airing. Modern Family was a repeat, while a fresh Black-ish, Rainbow tasked with setting up a school raffle and Dre fearing layoffs, doing a 1.5, down 6%. Nashville rated a 0.9, up a tenth.
NBC had Heartbeat at a flat 0.8, then repeats.
The CW’s Arrow grew 12% to 0.9 and Supernatural was a flat 0.7.
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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.