Primetime Ratings Wednesday: NBC on Top With ‘Chicago’ Dramas

Chicago Fire on NBC
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NBC won the Wednesday prime battle thanks to its Chicago shows. NBC rated a 0.9 in viewers 18-49 on the night, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. In second was Fox at 0.6/3. 

Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. all posted a 0.9 on NBC. The previous Wednesday was inauguration coverage in prime. Two weeks before, Med and Fire got a 1.0 apiece and P.D. a 0.9. 

The Masked Dancer got a 0.5 on Fox and Name That Tune a 0.6, Masked Dancer down a tenth and Name That Tune flat. 

CBS got a 0.5/3 and ABC a 0.4/3. CBS had The Price is Right at Night at 0.7. SEAL Team got a 0.5 and SWAT a 0.4. All three were level with their numbers two weeks before. 

ABC had The Goldbergs down 29% at 0.5 and American Housewife off 20% for a 0.4. The Conners got a 0.5, Call Your Mother a 0.4 and drama For Life a 0.3, all three down a tenth. 

Univision scored a 0.4/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/2. Univision had Vencer El Desamor at 0.5 and Imperio de Mentiras at 0.3, while Dulce Ambicion got a 0.3. Vencer and Dulce were level with the night before and Imperio lost a tenth. 

Telemundo had Exatlon Estados Unidos at 0.3 and La Suerte De Loli at 0.4, while Buscando a Frida got a 0.3. Exatlon and Buscando lost a tenth apiece from the night before while La Suerte was level. 

The CW was at 0.1/1, with Riverdale and Nancy Drew both at 0.1. Riverdale lost a tenth and Nancy stayed flat. 

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.