Primetime Ratings: Fox Tops Despite ‘Empire’ Drop

Fox was the top scorer in Wednesday (Oct. 4) ratings, putting up a 1.7 in viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, and a 7 share. That topped the 1.3/5 posted by ABC and CBS.

Fox’s Empire was off 21% from its premiere at 1.9, and Star (pictured) fell 22% to 1.4.

ABC had The Goldbergs down 11% at 1.6 and Speechless at 1.3, down a tenth of a point, then Modern Family off 10% at 1.9, and American Housewife off 13% at 1.4. Drama Designated Survivor rated a 0.9, down 18% from last week’s premiere.

On CBS, Survivor slipped 6% to 1.6 and SEAL Team fell 20% to 1.2, then Criminal Minds dropped 15% to 1.1.

NBC was at 1.1/4. Blacklist did a 1.0 and Law & Order: SVU a 1.3, before Chicago P.D. scored a 1.2. All three shows dropped a tenth of a point from last week.

Telemundo did a 0.7/3, with El Señor de los Cielos leading with its 0.8. Univision scored a 0.5/2.

The CW was at 0.3/1 with repeats.

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.