Wednesday TV Ratings 3/5/25: The Amazing Race Returns Down, Chicago Fire and Chicago PD Drop to Series Lows, Survivor Also Sinks [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: On CBS, The Amazing Race (0.31) was a full tenth below its May 2024 finale (0.41) in its season premiere, and Survivor (0.59, -0.10) also lost a tenth at eight. NBC drama Chicago Med (0.40, +0.01) ticked up, but Chicago Fire (0.34, -0.06) and Chicago PD (0.27, -0.09) plummeted. Shifting Gears (0.31, +0.01) and Abbott Elementary (0.33, +0.01) gained a hundredth apiece on ABC, but Celebrity Jeopardy! (0.20, -0.03) weakened. What Would You Do? (0.17, +0.04) bounced back at ten. The Masked Singer (0.34, -0.04) and The Floor (0.27, -0.05) declined on Fox. On the CW, Wild Cards (0.03, +0.01) was up slightly, but Good Cop/Bad Cop was frozen at 0.01. Key: (P) = premiere.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Survivor	0.59	8	4.31	CBS
	Chicago Med	0.40	6	5.80	NBC
	The Masked Singer	0.34	5	2.61	Fox
	Shifting Gears	0.31	4	3.71	ABC
	Wild Cards	0.03	0	0.43	CW
8:30 PM	Abbott Elementary	0.33	4	2.42	ABC
9 PM	Chicago Fire	0.34	5	5.66	NBC
	The Floor	0.27	4	2.01	Fox
	Celebrity Jeopardy!	0.20	3	1.86	ABC
	Good Cop/Bad Cop	0.01	0	0.26	CW
9:30 PM	The Amazing Race (P)	0.31	5	2.62	CBS
10 PM	Chicago PD	0.27	4	4.40	NBC
	What Would You Do?	0.17	3	1.29	ABC

Cable:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NBA	ESPN	0.27	1.04
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.25	4.46
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.24	3.92
Hannity	Fox News	0.24	3.89
College Basketball	ESPN2	0.18	0.90
College Basketball	ESPN2	0.18	0.84
Summer House	Bravo	0.14	0.43
AEW: Dynamite	TBS	0.13	0.60
The Challenge: All-Stars	MTV	0.12	0.30
College Basketball	Big Ten	0.12	0.40
NHL	TNT	0.11	0.29
Sistas	BET	0.09	0.72
The Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	0.08	1.95
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.07	0.74
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.07	0.61
NewsNight	CNN	0.06	0.58
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.05	1.43
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.03	0.94