The table reflects the changes, while the analysis below remains unchanged.
Final ratings for Wednesday, May 3rd 2017:
Time
|
Show (Network)
|
A18-49 Rating
|
8:00
|
The Goldbergs (ABC)
|
1.4
|
Survivor (CBS)
|
1.8
|
|
Arrow (CW)
|
0.5
|
|
Shots Fired (FOX)
|
0.8
|
|
Blindspot
(NBC)
|
0.9
|
|
8:30
|
Speechless (ABC)
|
1.2
|
9:00
|
Modern Family (ABC)
|
1.7
|
Criminal Minds (CBS)
|
1.5
|
|
The 100 (CW)
|
0.3
|
|
Empire (FOX)
|
1.9
|
|
Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
|
1.0
|
|
9:30
|
Black-ish (ABC)
|
1.2
|
10:00
|
Designated Survivor (ABC)
|
0.9
|
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (CBS)
|
0.9
|
|
Chicago PD (NBC)
|
1.2
|
On ABC, Modern Family returned to a 1.6, down from the 1.9 it rated when it last aired four weeks ago, and a new low. Black-ish aired the backdoor pilot for its potential spin-off Liberal Arts last night. It was down from the 1.3 it got in the 9:30 episode last week, with a 1.2. Earlier in the night, The Goldbergs was even with a 1.4, and Speechless earned a 1.2, also even with last week. And at 10:00, Designated Survivor was down from last week's 1.1 with a 0.9.
On FOX, Shots Fired was even compared to the 0.8s it has received for the past two weeks. It was followed by Empire, which was down from last week's 2.1 with a 1.8, falling beneath 2.0 for the first time.
CBS and NBC had their typical procedural-focused Wednesday line-ups. CBS's Criminal Minds franchise took up two-thirds of their night, with Criminal Minds earning a 1.4, up from last week's 1.3, and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders scoring a 0.9, up from last week's 0.8. They were preceded by Survivor, which was at a 1.8 this week, even with last week. NBC started the night off with bubble drama Blindspot, even this week at a 0.9. This was followed by two Dick Wolf dramas, first Law & Order: SVU, down from last week's 1.1 with a 1.0, and then Chicago PD, down from last week's 1.2 with a 1.1.
On the CW, Arrow was even and The 100 was up this week. Arrow scored a 0.5, while The 100 scored a 0.4. They were at 0.5 and 0.3 last week, respectively.
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