Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With Hearty ‘Empire’
Fox won the Wednesday ratings race, as Empire led the net to a 1.4 rating in viewers 18-49, and a 6 share. That beat the 1.0/4 that CBS put up.
Empire did a 1.6 and Star a 1.2, both shows down a tenth of a point from last week.
On CBS, Survivor rated a flat 1.6 and SEAL Team dropped 20% to 0.8, then the third season premiere of Code Black, a medical drama with Marcia Gay Harden and Rob Lowe, scored a 0.7.
NBC was at 0.7/3. TheBlacklist scored a flat 0.8 and was followed by repeats of Law & Order: SVU and Chicago P.D.
ABC did a 0.6/3. After a Goldbergs repeat, Alex, Inc. rated a 0.7 and was followed by a Modern Family repeat, before a second Alex, Inc. was good for a 0.6. Last week’s Alex, Inc. rated a 0.6. Drama Designated Survivor slipped 17% to 0.5.
Univision rated a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/2.
The CW did a 0.4/2, with Riverdale at 0.4 and The Originals at 0.4. Both shows were flat.
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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.