Here are preliminary ratings for Wednesday, September 21:
Time
|
Show (Network)
|
18-49 Rating
|
8:00
|
The Goldbergs (ABC)
|
2.0
|
Survivor (CBS)
|
2.3
|
|
Penn & Teller: Fool Us - R (CW)
|
0.3
|
|
Lethal Weapon (FOX)
|
2.2
|
|
Blindspot (NBC)
|
1.3
|
|
8:30
|
Speechless (ABC)
|
2.0
|
9:00
|
Modern Family (ABC)
|
2.6
|
Whose Line is it Anyway? (CW)
|
0.3
|
|
Empire (FOX)
|
4.2
|
|
Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
|
1.8
|
|
9:30
|
Black-ish (ABC)
|
2.0
|
Big Brother (CBS)
|
2.0
|
|
Whose Line is it Anyway? - R (CW)
|
0.4
|
|
10:00
|
Designated Survivor (ABC)
|
2.2
|
Chicago PD (NBC)
|
1.6
|
On ABC, The Goldbergs started off the night with a 2.0 in its new timeslot. It is up from the previous season finale's 1.9, and down from the 2.4 it premiered to last season, when it aired at 8:30. It was followed by the series premiere of Speechless, which premiered to a 2.0, down from the 2.4 The Goldbergs earned in its third season premiere at that time last September, but retaining the entire audience of its lead-in. Modern Family returned to a 2.6, up from its most recent season finale, which got a 2.1, but down from last season's premiere at 3.2. Black-ish followed with a 2.0, up from its season finale's 1.5 but down from last season's premiere at 2.4. At 10:00, Designated Survivor premiered to a 2.3, way up from Nashville's season premiere last September, which got a 1.2.
On FOX, Lethal Weapon premiered to a 2.2, down from the series premiere of Rosewood in the timeslot last season. which was a 2.4. However, the episode of Empire that followed Rosewood last year earned a 6.7, while this season was down with a 4.1. However, Empire was flat with the season finale's 4.1.
On NBC, Blindspot got a 1.3 in its first airing in its new timeslot, down from the 1.5 it received last week in its season premiere at 10:00 following the finale of America's Got Talent. Law & Order: SVU started off its season with a 1.8, up from the season finale's 1.6, and even with the 1.8 it started off with last season. Chicago PD followed, with a 1.6, up from the 1.4 it ended with last season, and down from last season premiere's 1.7.
On CBS, the 90-minute season premiere of Survivor earned a 2.3, down from last fall's premiere, which earned a 2.5. The season finale of Big Brother notched a 2.0, up from last week's 1.8, and down from last season's finale, which received a 2.2.
On the CW, a rerun of Penn & Teller: Fool Us received a 0.3. An original Whose Line earned a 0.3, flat with last week's 0.3, and it was followed be a repeat, which rated at 0.4.