NBC Tops Wednesday Overnights; ‘Survivor’ Return on CBS Solid

WEDNESDAY 2/17/16

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 4.9 rating/8 share, CBS and Fox: 4.4/ 7 each, ABC: 3.9/ 6, CW: 1.5/ 2

Percent Change From the Year-Ago Week:
NBC: +17, CW: + 7, ABC: -13, CBS: -23, Fox: -46

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Ratings Breakdown:
Improved NBC led the Wednesday household overnights, besting No. 2 CBS and Fox by 0.5 rating points. Sophomore “The Mysteries of Laura,” which could be an option for the 50+ crowd on Friday next season, opened with a fourth-place 4.4/ 7 at 8 p.m., followed by dominant overnights for veteran “Law & Order: SVU” (5.4/ 9), which at this point could end up running longer than 20-season parent “Law & Order,” and sophomore “Chicago PD” (5.0/ 9) from 9-11 p.m.

In season-premiere news, the 32nd edition of “Survivor” on CBS was on the map with a second-place 5.1/ 8 in the household overnights from 8-9:30 p.m., which was nine percent below the year-ago midseason opener (5.6/ 9 on 2/25/15). Comparably, that 5.6 rating in the overnights translated into 10.04 million viewers and a 2.4 rating/7 share in adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data.

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Next on CBS was an encore telecast of “The Big Bang Theory” (#3: 3.2/ 5 at 9:30 p.m.), followed by freshman medical drama “Code Black,” which tried to theme itself “The Walking Dead” last night, at a second-place 4.0/ 7 at 10 p.m.

Fox featured “American Idol” at a time period winning 6.0/ 9 from 8-9 p.m., followed by “Hell’s Kitchen” at a 2.9/ 4 at 9 p.m., which slipped by 52 percent.

Elsewhere, ABC has nothing unusual to report with its Wednesday line-up of sitcoms “The Middle” (#3: 4.8/ 8), “The Goldbergs” (#4: 4.2/ 7), “Modern Family” (#1: 5.4/ 8) and “black-ish” (#2: 4.0/ 6), and sophomore drama “American Crime” (#3: 2.5/ 4). And The CW featured “Arrow” (#5: 1.8/ 7) into veteran “Supernatural” (#5: 1.3/ 2), which declined by 28 percent.

Since “American Crime” was a favorite of now ousted ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee, a third season is now suddenly a question mark.

Source: Nielsen Media Research