CBS Tops Final Wednesday Overnights in January

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016
Metered Markets

Rating/Share
CBS: 5.1 rating/8 share, Fox: 4.9/ 8, NBC: 3.2/ 5, ABC: 2.9/ 5, CW: 1.6/ 2

Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening:
NBC: +23, CW: no change, ABC: – 3, CBS: -14, Fox: -38

Ratings Breakdown:
CBS took top-rated Wednesday overnight honors care of its combination of “2 Broke Girls” (#2: 4.3 rating/7 share at 8 p.m.), soon-to-conclude “Mike & Molly” (#2: 4.5/ 7 at 8:30 p.m.), “Criminal Minds” (#1: 6.0/ 10 at 9 p.m.) and freshman drama “Code Black” (#1: 4.9/ 9 at 10 p.m.). With 82 percent overnight retention out of “Criminal Minds,” “Code Black” is definitely in contention for a second season renewal.

Keep in mind that NBC was in all repeats last night with its drama line-up of “The Mysteries of Laura” (#3: 3.4/ 5), “Law & Order: SVU” (#2t: 3.1/ 5) and “Chicago PD” (#2t: 3.1/ 5). ABC was in encores from 8-10 p.m. as well care of sitcoms “The Middle” (#4: 3.3/ 7), “The Goldbergs” (#4: 2.7/ 4), “Modern Family” (#2: 3.4/ 5) and “black-ish” (#3t, 2.8/ 5). And that did not bode well for struggling sophomore “American Crime” at 10 p.m., which dipped to third at a 2.7/ 5 at 10 p.m. Quality, unfortunately, is not always synonymous with mass audience interest.

Top-rated for the evening was this final season of “American Idol” on Fox, which at a 6.7/11 in the household overnights in the 8 p.m. hour was 15 percent below the 7.9/12 on the year-ago evening. Next on Fox was tired “Hell’s Kitchen” which dipped to a fourth-place 2.9/ 5 at 9 p.m.

The CW capped off the night with the pairing of dramas “Arrow” (#5: 1.9/ 5) and veteran “Supernatural” (#5: 1.2/ 2), which were both on par from one week earlier.

Source: Nielsen Media Research