Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With Hot ‘Empire’

Fox took top honors in Wednesday ratings, riding hot hit Empire to a 1.4 average across prime in viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, and a 6 share. In second was NBC at 1.1/5.

Empire, which Fox has renewed for season five, ticked up 6% to 1.7 while Star did a flat 1.2.

On NBC, The Blacklist rated a flat 0.8. Law & Order: SVU and Chicago P.D. both rated a 1.2, SVU down 14% and Chicago P.D. flat.

CBS scored a 1.0/4. Survivor went down 6% to 1.5, SEAL Team grew 13% to 0.9 and Code Black tallied a 0.7, level with its premiere last week.

ABC rated a 0.9/4. The Goldbergs was a flat 1.2 and Alex, Inc. a 0.8, better than last week’s 0.7 and 0.6. Modern Family dropped 7% to 1.3 and American Housewife fell 18% to 0.9. Drama Designated Survivor was up a tenth of a point at 0.6.

The CW was good for a 0.4/2, with Riverdale and The Originals both at flat 0.4s.

Univision and Telemundo both rated a 0.4/2 too.

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.