Wednesday Overnights: Respectable ‘Survivor’ Season-Opener

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 5.8/10, Fox: 4.1/ 7, CBS: 3.2/ 6, ABC: 2.4/ 4, CW: 0.4/ 1

Note: Change versus the year-ago evening is excluded due to the Winter Olympics airing.

Ratings Breakdown:
NBC, once again, stood above the Wednesday competition in the household overnights with its combination of “Chicago Med” (#1 for the night: 6.0 rating/10 share at 8 p.m.), “Chicago Med” (#1: 5.6/ 9 at 9 p.m.) and “Chicago PD” (#1: 5.8/11). Last night featured a crossover event between “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago PD.”

In season-premiere news, CBS’ veteran “Survivor,” themed “Edge of Extinction,” opened with a solid 4.6/ 8 in households. Comparably, this was right on par with any “Survivor” season-opener. But lead-out “The World’s Best,” a two-hour installment, dipped to a 2.4/ 4 from 9-11 p.m. The moral of that story: “America’s Got Talent” on NBC more than suffices at present.

Elsewhere, breakout “The Masked Singer” on Fox, which concludes next Wednesday, was solid at a 5.5/10 in the 9 p.m. hour. Comparably, that increased by a hefty112 percent from lead-in “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back” (#4: 2.6/ 4 at 8 p.m.) and it is poised for dominance for the night in adults 18-49.

On ABC, “The Match Game” concluded for the season at a mere 1.6/ 3 (#3) in households at 10 p.m., which was 20 percent below lead-in “Splitting Up Together” (#4: 2.0/ 3 at 9:30 p.m.). The remainder of the alphabet net’s Wednesday sitcom rotation was on par with typical overnight levels. And The CW was in repeats as follows:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Goldbergs”: 3.5/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “Survivor” (season premiere): 4.9/ 8 (#2)
NBC – “Chicago Med”: 6.0/10 (#1)
Fox – “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell and Back: 2.6/ 4 (#4)
CW – “Riverdale” (R): 0.6/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Schooled”: 2.6/ 4 (#3t)
CBS – “Survivor” (season premiere): 4.6/ 8 (#2)
NBC – “Chicago Med”: 6.0/10 (#1)
Fox – “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell and Back: 2.6/ 4 (#3t)
CW – “Riverdale” (R): 0.4/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Modern Family”: 3.3/ 5 (#32)
CBS – “The World’s Best”: 2.6/ 4 (#4)
NBC – “Chicago Fire”: 5.6/ 9 (#1)
Fox – “The Masked Singer”: 5.2/ 9 (#2)
CW – “All American”: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Splitting Up Together”: 2.0/ 3 (#4)
CBS – “The World’s Best”: 2.3/ 4 (#4)
NBC – “Chicago Fire”: 5.6/ 9 (#2)
Fox – “The Masked Singer”: 5.8/10 (#1)
CW – “All American”: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Match Game” (season finale): 1.6/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “The World’s Best”: 2.4/ 4 (#2)
NBC – “Chicago PD”: 5.8/10 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Match Game” (season finale): 1.6/ 3 (#3)
CBS – “The World’s Best”: 2.3/ 4 (#2)
NBC – “Chicago PD”: 5.7/11 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research