Primetime Ratings: Noisy ‘Empire’ and ‘Star’ Lead Fox

Fox was the top ratings grabber Wednesday, the network scoring a 1.7 in viewers 18-49, and a 6 share. ABC and CBS were next at 1.3/5. Empire did a 1.9 on Fox, same as last week, and Star a 1.5, up a tenth of a point.

On ABC, The Goldbergs dropped 13% to 1.4 and Speechless fell 15% to 1.1. Modern Family slipped 5% to 1.8 and American Housewife did a flat 1.4, before Designated Survivor posted a level 0.9.

On CBS, Survivor weighed in at 1.6 and SEAL Team a 1.2, then Criminal Minds a 1.1. All three shows were flat with last week’s ratings.

NBC was at 1.1/4. The Blacklist dropped 10% to 0.9 and Law & Order: SVU and Chicago PD both tallied a 1.2. Law & Order lost a tenth of a point while Chicago PD was flat.

Telemundo was at 0.7/3.

The CW scored a 0.6/2. The season premiere of Riverdale did a 0.8, double its spring finale number, and the series premiere of Dynasty a 0.4.

Univision did 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.