Wednesday Ratings: Modern Family+Empire Down; Nashville and Seth Meyers Up

Time
Show Name
Network
A 18-49 Rating
Last Week’s 18-49
8
Survivor
CBS
2.1
2.0
The Middle
ABC
1.9
2.0
Rosewood
FOX
1.2
1.5
The Mysteries of Laura
NBC
0.9
1.1
Arrow
CW
0.9
1.1
8:30
Survivor
CBS
2.2
2.0
The Goldbergs
ABC
2.0
2.1
Rosewood
FOX
1.6
1.9
The Mysteries of Laura
NBC
1.0
1.1
Arrow
CW
0.9
1.0
9
Empire
FOX
4.5
5.1
Modern Family
ABC
2.6
2.7
Criminal Minds
CBS
1.7
1.7
Law & Order: SVU
NBC
1.4
1.6
Supernatural
CW
0.9
0.9
9:30
Empire
FOX
4.7
5.1
blackish
ABC
1.8
1.9
Criminal Minds
CBS
1.7
1.7
Law & Order: SVU
NBC
1.6
1.6
Supernatural
CW
0.8
0.8
10
Chicago PD
NBC
1.5
1.5
Code Black
CBS
1.2
1.2
Nashville
ABC
1.2
1.0
10:30
Chicago PD
NBC
1.5
1.5
Code Black
CBS
1.2
1.2
Nashville
ABC
1.1
1.0

11:35
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
NBC
1.0
 1.0
Jimmy Kimmel Live 
ABC
0.5
 0.5
Late Show with Stephen Colbert
CBS
0.5
 0.5
12:35
Late Night with Seth Meyers
NBC
0.6
 0.5
Nightline
ABC
0.3
 0.3
Late Late Show with James Corden
CBS
0.3
 0.3

Tonight was a solid night at best for ABC. On the OK side, The Middle (1.9), The Goldbergs (2.0), and Blackish (1.8) were all down just a tenth from last week, with The Middle being even from last week's preliminary number. On the bright side, Nashville (1.2) rose two tenths, and may go back to the Watch column tomorrow; we'll have to wait and see. On the down side, Modern Family (2.6) is already posting numbers lower than its typical spring numbers, and may even see some low 2s by the end of the season. The Middle may even have a chance of being more-watched than it one week. Still relatively good, but is declining at a much faster rate than other veterans (aka The Middle and Last Man Standing).

Variety
Empire (4.6) continues its inverse ratings trends from last season, and could even see a series low (which would be less than a 3.8) by the end of the season. Still a huge hit, but worrisome. Those of you who have watched this season: leave a comment about what you've thought of it! Is the quality down? Just make sure to keep it as spoiler-free as possible unless you write a disclaimer!

With Empire being down, so was lead-in Rosewood (1.4), which as listed in the table above rose four tenths in the half-hour. This show probably would be nothing without its monstrous lead-out. On the bright side: it still beat NBC's The Mysteries of Laura (1.0), which continues to trail significantly from NBC's other Wednesday offerings, both of which stayed steady at 1.5s from last week's preliminaries.

Survivor (2.1) remains one of CBS's unsung heroes, winning the hour for The Eye Network as usual. Also steady were Criminal Minds (1.7) and Code Black (1.2). Being only co-produced by CBS with a Criminal Minds spin-off waiting for a time slot, I can't see Code Black getting a backorder with those numbers. But at least it was steady week-to-week.

Finally, The CW continues to have a relatively good Wednesday lineup, with Arrow (0.9) and Supernatural (0.8), even though Arrow is down a couple tenths. Due to strong retention from Supernatural, The 100 may have a lot of pressure to perform well if it gets the same time slot and wants a renewal.

Late night analysis to follow.

What do you think of these numbers? What do you think of my analysis? Leave a comment below and maybe it will be featured as Comment of the Week!

Sources

FINALS: Survivor (2.2), The Middle (2.0), Arrow (1.0), Empire (4.7), Modern Family (2.7) went up a tenth; Nashville (1.1) went down a tenth


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