Primetime Ratings Wednesday: NBC Wins With ‘Chicago’ Dramas

Pictured: Scene from Chicago Fire
(Image credit: Adrian S. Burrows Sr./NBC)

NBC had the winning score in Wednesday’s prime, with the Chicago shows doing relatively robust Nielsens. NBC had a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. In second was Fox at 0.6/3. 

Chicago Med and Chicago Fire both got a 0.9, Med flat and Fire down a tenth, and Chicago P.D. scored a level 0.8. 

On Fox, the finale for The Masked Dancer did a flat 0.6 across two hours. 

CBS had a 0.4/3, as Tough As Nails and SEAL Team got 0.5s and SWAT did a 0.4. All three were level with their last fresh airings. 

ABC and Univision both scored a 0.4/2. ABC had comedy reruns before For Life, which grew 50% to 0.3.

On Univision, Vencer El Desamor lost 20% for a 0.4. Te Acuerdas de Mi and Dulce Ambicion both got a level 0.3. 

Telemundo rated a 0.3/2. Exatlon Estados Unidos, La Suerte de Loli and Buscando a Frida all got a 0.3. Exatlon lost a tenth and the other two stayed level. 

The CW posted a 0.1/1. Riverdale did a 0.2 and Nancy Drew a 0.1, Riverdale up a tenth and Nancy flat. 

Michael Malone

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.