‘Survivor’ Leads CBS to Wednesday Overnight Victory

What follows are the metered market (overnight) results in households by network and by half-hour for Wednesday, April 5, 2017:

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 4.2/ 7, Fox: 3.7/ 6, ABC and NBC: 3.6/ 6 each, CW: 0.5/ 1

Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
NBC: +33, ABC and CBS: -10 each, Fox: -50, CW: -66

-Ratings Breakdown:
Veteran “Survivor” topped the Wednesday overnights, with a 5.2 rating/9 share in the 8 p.m. hour. Comparably, that was right on par with both the week-ago and year-ago telecasts. In other words, this 17-year old franchise could live on for years!

Next on CBS were two on the fence dramas: “Criminal Minds” (#2: 4.4/ 7) and spin-off “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” (#3: 3.0/ 5) from 9-11 p.m. Of the two, “Criminal Minds” is more likely to return next season. For a look at other on the fence TV series at present, click here

“Empire” on Fox remains a draw for the network, with a dominant 4.6/ 8 in the household overnights at 9 p.m. Comparably, however, this was down by a noticeable 39 percent from the 7.6/12 on the year-ago evening. But this was still an improvement of 70 percent out of lead-in “Shots Fired” (#4: 2.7/ 5 at 8 p.m.).

Elsewhere, the top performer on NBC was “Chicago PD” with a 4.4/ 8 at 10 p.m., which bested competing “Designated Survivor” on ABC (#2: 3.7/ 7) and aforementioned “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” on CBS (#3: 3.0/ 5) by 19 and 47 percent, respectively.

Earlier in the evening on NBC was “Blindspot” (#3: 2.9/ 5) and granddaddy “Law & Order: SVU” (#4: 3.3/ 6) at typical overnight levels from 8-10 p.m. ABC’s competing sitcom block – “The Goldbergs” (#2: 3.8/ 7), “Speechless” (#2: 3.2/ 5), “Modern Family” (#3: 4.3/ 7) and “black-ish” (#4: 3.1/ 5) – was also on par with normal overnight levels.

The CW capped off the evening with encore telecasts of “Arrow” (#5: 0.6/ 1) and “Whose Line is it anyway?” (two episodes – avg. 0.4/ 1 from 9-10 p.m.).

What follows are the household overnight results for April 5 by half-hour:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Goldbergs”: 3.8/ 7 (#2)
CBS – “Survivor: Game Changers”: 5.2/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “Blindspot”: 3.0/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “Shots Fired”: 2.7/ 5 (#4)
CW – “Arrow” (R): 0.6/ 1

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Speechless”: 3.2/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “Survivor: Game Changers”: 5.2/ 9 (#1)
NBC – “Blindspot”: 2.8/ 5 (#3t)
Fox – “Shots Fired”: 2.8/ 5 (#3t)
CW – “Arrow” (R): 0.5/ 1

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Modern Family”: 4.3/ 7 (#3)
CBS – “Criminal Minds”: 4.4/ 7 (#2)
NBC – “Law & Order: SVU”: 3.3/ 5 (#4)
Fox – “Empire”: 4.6/ 7 (#1)
CW – “Who’s Line is it Anyway?” (R): 0.4/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “black-ish”: 3.1/ 5 (#4)
CBS – “Criminal Minds”: 4.4/ 7 (#2)
NBC – “Law & Order: SVU”: 3.4/ 6 (#3)
Fox – “Empire”: 4.7/ 8 (#1)
CW – “Who’s Line is it Anyway?” (R): 0.5/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Designated Survivor”: 3.8/ 7 (#2)
CBS – “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders”: 3.0/ 5 (#3)
NBC – “Chicago PD”: 4.4/ 8 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Designated Survivor”: 3.5/ 7 (#2)
CBS – “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders”: 2.9/ 5 (#3)
NBC – “Chicago PD”: 4.4/ 8 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research