Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With ‘Empire’ Finale

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Fox took top prize in the Wednesday prime ratings, as Empire led it to a 1.4 score in viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, and a 6 share. That edged past the 1.3/6 that CBS put up.

The Empire finale did a flat 1.6 and the Star season closer went down 8% to 1.2.

On CBS, the Survivor finale rated a 1.5, up 7% from last week. The Survivor Reunion did a 1.1.

NBC did a 1.0/4. A Law & Order: SVU repeat led into the two-hour season finale at 1.2, up 20% from last week.

ABC was at 0.6/3. The film Toy Story 3 scored a 0.7 and 20/20 did a 0.5.

Telemundo rated a 0.5/2 and Univision a 0.4/2.

The CW scored a 0.2/1. It was in repeats.

Michael Malone
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.