Wednesday TV Ratings 4/15/26: MasterChef Up from Season 15 Premiere, Survivor Rises Above 1.0 for First Time in Five Years, Scrubs Ties Low for Finale [+ Analysis]

It was a monumental night for CBS as Survivor (1.04, +0.12) rose enough to put a one before the decimal point, a rarity in the modern television landscape. But despite that growth, America's Culinary Cup (0.26, -0.02) actually declined. Hollywood Squares (0.14, +0.04), meanwhile, rose. Over on ABC, Scrubs (0.39, -0.03) slipped for its finale. Abbott Elementary (0.36, -0.03) and The Greatest Average American (0.17, -0.06) were also down, but Shark Tank (0.18, +0.02) bucked the trend. NBC went with repeats of Chicago Med (0.20), Chicago Fire (0.22), and Chicago PD (0.19). The Floor (0.21, -0.05) had quite a fall on Fox, but it was still a notch above the season premiere of MasterChef (0.20). Key: (P) = premiere. (R) = repeat. (F) = finale.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Survivor	1.04	15	5.06	CBS
	Scrubs (F)	0.39	6	2.94	ABC
	MasterChef (P)	0.20	3	1.42	Fox
	Chicago Med (R)	0.20	3	3.24	NBC
	Police 24/7	0.07	5	0.50	CW
8:30 PM	Abbott Elementary	0.36	5	2.37	ABC
9 PM	The Floor	0.21	3	1.72	Fox
	Chicago Fire (R)	0.22	3	2.89	NBC
	The Greatest Average American	0.17	2	1.52	ABC
	Police 24/7 (R)	0.06	1	0.46	CW
9:30 PM	America's Culinary Cup	0.26	4	1.72	CBS
10 PM	Chicago PD (R)	0.19	3	2.54	NBC
	Shark Tank	0.18	3	1.44	ABC
10:30 PM	Hollywood Squares	0.14	2	1.24	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.17	3.39
Hannity	Fox News	0.14	2.75
AEW: Dynamite	TBS	0.12	0.71
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.12	2.84
The Valley	Bravo	0.10	0.48
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNOW	0.09	1.60
MLB	MLB	0.09	0.32
Southern Hospitality	Bravo	0.07	0.23
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNOW	0.07	1.19
NewsNight	CNN	0.07	0.81
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.07	0.88
NHL	TNT	0.07	0.34
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.07	0.86
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNOW	0.06	1.37
Divorced Sistas	BET	0.05	0.39