Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With ‘Chicago’ Shows

NBC got the Wednesday title in primetime ratings, its Chicago shows leading to a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That topped the 1.0/5 that both CBS and Fox scored.
NBC had Chicago Med at 1.2 and Chicago Fire at 1.2, then Chicago P.D. at 1.1. All three were flat.
CBS saw Survivor up 7% at 1.5 and the premiere of Million Dollar Mile, with contestants racing across obstacle courses in downtown Los Angeles, rated a 1.0. SEAL Team fell 14% for a 0.6.
On Fox, Empire rated a level 1.1 and Star slid 10% to 0.9.
ABC got a 0.5/3. It had comedy reruns before Whiskey Cavalier dropped 29% to 0.5 thanks to the weak lead-in.
Telemundo and Univision both did a 0.4/2.
The CW got a 0.3/1, with Riverdale at a flat 0.3 and the premiere of Jane the Virgin at 0.3. It is the final season of Jane, which premiered at 0.3 in fall 2017.
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Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.