Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With Hearty ‘9-1-1’

Fox took top prize in Wednesday’s prime ratings, scoring a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That was a little better than the 1.2/5 that ABC, CBS and NBC all put up.

Fox had The X-Files at a flat 0.8 and then 9-1-1 up 6% for a 1.7.

ABC saw The Goldbergs do a flat 1.5 and Speechless grow 44% for a 1.3, then Modern Familywent up 14% at 1.6 and American Housewife climbed 30% for a 1.3. Drama Designated Survivordid a flat 0.7.

On CBS, Survivor did a flat 1.7 and Seal Team elevated 11% for a 1.0, then Criminal Minds was a level 0.9.

NBC had a Law & Order: SVU repeat, then a new episode at 1.4 and Chicago P.D. at 1.3, both shows up a tenth of a point.

Telemundo and Univision both scored a 0.5/2.

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.