‘Empire’ Season-Ender Leads Fox to Wednesday Overnight Victory

What follows are the metered market (overnight) results in households by network and by half-hour for Wednesday, May 18:

Household Rating/Share
Fox: 5.5/ 9, CBS: 5.0/ 8, ABC: 3.9/ 6, NBC: 3.8/ 6, CW: 1.4/ 2

Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening:
Fox: +104, CW: +27, ABC: + 8, CBS: – 7, NBC: -27

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Middle” (season finale): 4.8/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “Survivor” (season finale): 5.7/10 (#1)
NBC – “Heartbeat” (season finale): 2.7/ 5 (#4)
Fox – “Rosewood”: 3.3/ 6 (#3)
CW – “Arrow”: 1.6/ 3 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Goldbergs” (season finale): 4.4/ 7 (#2)
CBS – “Survivor” (season finale): 5.7/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “Heartbeat” (season finale): 2.6/ 4 (#4)
Fox – “Rosewood”: 3.9/ 6 (#3)
CW – “Arrow”: 1.5/ 2 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Modern Family” (season finale): 4.8/ 8 (#3)
CBS – “Survivor” (season finale): 5.3/ 8 (#2)
NBC – “Law & Order: SVU”: 4.0/ 6 (#4)
Fox – “Empire” (season finale): 7.2/11 (#1)
CW – “Surpernatural”: 1.2/ 2 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “black-ish” (season finale): 3.6/ 6 (#4)
CBS – “Survivor” (season finale): 5.1/ 8 (#2)
NBC – “Law & Order: SVU”: 4.3/ 7 (#3)
Fox – “Empire” (season finale): 7.5/12 (#1)
CW – “Surpernatural”: 1.1/ 2 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Nashville”: 4.1/ 7 (#3)
CBS – “Survivor”Reunion: 5.2/ 8 (#1)
NBC – “Chicago PD”: 4.6/ 7 (#2)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Nashville”: 2.9/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “Survivor”Reunion: 3.7/ 6 (#2)
NBC – “Chicago PD”: 4.7/ 8 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research