Primetime Ratings: ABC, CBS, Fox Share Title
ABC, CBS and Fox jointly snagged the broadcast ratings crown for Wednesday, each at 1.7 for viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and 6 shares. NBC was next at 1.4/5, then The CW at 0.8/3.
ABC’s comedy block saw The Middle and The Goldbergs both flat at 1.9, then Modern Family at 2.5, up 4%, and Black-ish up 6% to 1.9, before American Crime posted a 0.9, up 29%.
CBS had Survivor up 5% at 2.0, then Criminal Minds at a flat 1.8 and the season finale of Code Black flat at 1.2.
Fox’s American Idol grew 5% to 2.1, before Hell’s Kitchen weighed in at 1.3, same as last week.
On NBC, The Mysteries of Laura did a flat 1.0, Law & Order: SVU was down 6% to 1.5 and Chicago P.D. flat at 1.6.
The CW had Arrow up 11% at 1.0, while Supernatural slipped 13% to 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.