Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With Strong ‘Empire’
Fox won the Wednesday ratings race, as Empire led the net to a 1.6 score in viewers 18-49, and a 7 share. Next up was CBS at 1.1/5.
Empire did a 1.8, a tenth of a point better than a week ago, and Star scored a flat 1.3.
For CBS, Survivor lost 6% for a 1.5, SEAL Team did a flat 1.0 and Criminal Minds dropped 10% to 0.9.
ABC and NBC both rated a 1.0/4. On ABC, The Goldbergs decreased 8% to 1.2 and Alex, Inc. tallied a flat 0.9. Modern Family was good for a 1.4 and American Housewife a 1.1, then Designated Survivor a 0.6. All three were down a tenth of a point.
On NBC, The Blacklist slipped 8% to 0.8 and Law & Order: SVU fell 21% to 1.1, before Chicago P.D. dropped 15% to 1.1.
Univision did a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/2.
The CW rated a 0.3/1, with Harry Potter: A History of Magic at 0.3.
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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.