Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With ‘Empire’ Season Finale
Fox got top spot in Wednesday ratings, the Empire season finale leading the network to a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat the 1.0/4s that both CBS and NBC rated.
Empire got a 1.2 and the Star finale a 1.0, both up a tenth of a point from last week.
CBS had Survivor at a flat 1.4, before The Amazing Race scored a 0.8 and SEAL Team a 0.6, those two down a tenth. Survivor concludes May 15.
NBC had Chicago Med at a level 1.0, Chicago Fire down 9% at 1.0 and Chicago P.D. off 10% at 0.9.
ABC scored a 0.8/4. Its comedies showed their season finales, including The Goldbergs ticking up 10% at 1.1 and Schooled north 13% at 0.9. The Modern Family closer did a 1.0 and Single Parents a 0.7, both flat. Whiskey Cavalier grew 25% for a 0.5.
Telemundo did a 0.5/2, with La Reina del Sur at 0.6, down a tenth from last week.
Univision got a 0.4/2.
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The CW scored a 0.3/1. Riverdale and Jane the Virgin rated a 0.3, both up a tenth of a point.
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.