Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins on ‘Criminal Minds’ Growth

CBS won Wednesday night among broadcasters, scoring a 1.4 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. Survivor did a flat 1.8, before Criminal Minds grew 8% to 1.4 and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders went up 13% to 0.9. 

Fox had a 1.3/5 for the night. Shots Fired had a flat 0.8 and Empire fell 14% to 1.8. 

ABC did a 1.2/5. The Goldbergs had a flat 1.4 and Speechless a level 1.2, then Modern Family fell 11% to 1.6 and black-ish scored a flat 1.2. Designated Survivor went down 18% to 0.9. 

NBC had a 1.0/4, with Blindspot at a flat 0.9 and Law & Order: SVU a 1.0, before Chicago P.D. did a 1.1. The latter two were down a tenth of a point from last week. 

The CW scored a 0.5/2, with Arrow at a flat 0.5 and The 100 climbing 33% to 0.4. 

Among Spanish-language networks, Univision had a 0.6/2 on the night while Telemundo was at 0.3/1.

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.