The 134-minute 34th season finale of “Survivor” — the evening’s most-watched program — followed by the 46-minute live reunion special put CBS on top Wednesday night among total viewers (7.8 million), adults 18-49 (1.7 rating/7.0 share) and adults 25-54 (2.4/8).
The night’s top telecast among all key demos — the third season finale of “Empire” — gave Fox the Wednesday win among adults 18-34 (1.4/7). Although Fox also scored a 1.7 rating in adults 18-49, the network (6.7) was just 0.3 behind CBS (7.0) in adults 18-49 share.
With the 2016-17 traditional TV season in the books, CBS was the most-watched network in total viewers (9.7 million) — a feat they’ve accomplished for nine consecutive years and for 14 of the past 15 years. NBC became the first network in five years to win the season’s adults 18-49 (2.1 rating, 2.7 million) and adults 25-54 crowns without the benefit of a Super Bowl or an in-season Olympics.
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| * AFF = Number of affiliates (stations) airing the program | ||||||||
| * CVG = percent of coverage in U.S. | ||||||||
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-11 | Network Average | 4.3/8 | 6613 | 0.9/5 | 1.4/5 | 1.7/6 | ||
| 8:00 | Dirty Dancing (s) | 253 | 93 | 4.3/8 | 6613 | 0.9/5 | 1.4/5 | 1.7/6 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 8-11 | Network Average | 4.5/8 | 7804 | 1.0/5 | 1.7/7 | 2.4/8 | ||
| 8:00 | Survivor: Game Changers (f) | 252 | 92 | 4.9/9 | 8478 | 1.1/6 | 1.9/8 | 2.6/9 |
| 10:14 | Survivor: Game Changers Reunion (s) | 253 | 93 | 3.4/7 | 5843 | 0.8/4 | 1.3/5 | 1.8/6 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 8-11 | Network Average | 3.5/7 | 5418 | 0.7/4 | 1.1/4 | 1.5/5 | ||
| 8:00 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (rs) | 243 | 91 | 2.6/5 | 4010 | 0.5/3 | 0.7/3 | 1.0/3 |
| 9:00 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (f) | 246 | 93 | 4.0/7 | 6123 | 0.8/4 | 1.3/5 | 1.7/6 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 8-10 | Network Average | 3.3/6 | 5178 | 1.4/7 | 1.7/7 | 2.0/7 | ||
| 8:00 | Shots Fired (f) | 258 | 93 | 2.2/4 | 3414 | 0.7/4 | 0.9/4 | 1.2/4 |
| 9:00 | Empire (f) | 258 | 93 | 4.3/8 | 6943 | 2.1/10 | 2.5/9 | 2.9/9 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 8-10 | Network Average | 0.8/1 | 1318 | 0.4/2 | 0.5/2 | 0.5/2 | ||
| 8:00 | Arrow (f) | 247 | 90 | 1.1/2 | 1723 | 0.5/3 | 0.6/3 | 0.7/3 |
| 9:00 | The 100 (f) | 247 | 90 | 0.6/1 | 914 | 0.3/1 | 0.3/1 | 0.4/1 |
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
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| 8-11 | Network Average | 0.9/2 | 1621 | 0.6/2 | ||||
| 7:00 | La Rosa de Guadalupe | 0.9/2 | 1607 | 0.6/3 | ||||
| 8:00 | La Reina de la Cancion | 0.9/2 | 1527 | 0.5/2 | ||||
| 9:01 | La Doble Vida de Estela Carrillo | 0.9/2 | 1680 | 0.6/2 | ||||
| 10:02 | La Piloto | 0.9/2 | 1659 | 0.6/3 | ||||
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
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| 8-11 | Network Average | 0.7/1 | 1201 | 0.4/1 | ||||
| 7:00 | Moisés y Los Diez Mandamientos (r) | 0.3/1 | 587 | 0.2/1 | ||||
| 8:04 | Moisés y Los Diez Mandamientos (thru 10:00) | 0.6/1 | 1210 | 0.4/1 | ||||
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
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| 8-11 | Network Average (preliminary) | 0.5/1 | 880 | 0.3/1 | 0.4/1 | |||
| 8:00 | El Capo (preliminary) | 0.5/1 | 886 | 0.2/1 | 0.3/1 | |||
| 9:00 | La Querida del Centauro (preliminary) | 0.5/1 | 838 | 0.3/1 | 0.4/1 | |||
| 10:00 | La Querida del Centauro (preliminary) | 0.5/1 | 917 | 0.3/1 | 0.4/1 | |||
Note: All of this date’s Telemundo data are based on preliminary figures.
Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Wednesday 5/24/17
“Dirty Dancing” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 1.3/6
Men 18-34: 0.4/3
Women 18-49: 2.0/7
Men 18-49: 0.7/3
“Survivor: Game Changers – Finale” (CBS)
Women 18-34: 1.3/6
Men 18-34: 0.9/5
Women 18-49: 2.2/8
Men 18-49: 1.6/7
“Survivor: Game Changers – Reunion” (CBS)
Women 18-34: 0.9/4
Men 18-34: 0.7/4
Women 18-49: 1.5/6
Men 18-49: 1.1/5
“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC, 9:00)
Women 18-34: 0.9/4
Men 18-34: 0.7/4
Women 18-49: 1.7/6
Men 18-49: 1.0/4
“Shots Fired” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 0.8/4
Men 18-34: 0.6/4
Women 18-49: 1.1/4
Men 18-49: 0.7/3
“Empire” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 2.3/10
Men 18-34: 1.8/10
Women 18-49: 3.1/11
Men 18-49: 1.9/8
“Arrow” (CW)
Women 18-34: 0.4/2
Men 18-34: 0.5/3
Women 18-49: 0.5/2
Men 18-49: 0.8/4
“The 100” (CW)
Women 18-34: 0.3/1
Men 18-34: 0.2/1
Women 18-49: 0.3/1
Men 18-49: 0.4/1
“Fargo” (FX)
0.66 household rating
1.041 million viewers
0.24 adults 18-49 rating
Women 18-34: 0.11
Men 18-34: 0.18
Women 18-49: 0.17
Men 18-49: 0.31
“Archer” (FXX)
0.27 household rating
0.415 million viewers
0.23 adults 18-49 rating
Women 18-34: 0.15
Men 18-34: 0.34
Women 18-49: 0.15
Men 18-49: 0.31
Cable Rankings – Wednesday 5/24/17
What follows are the top 100 most-watched shows in prime time on cable (by order of network) for Wednesday, May 24:
| * Vwrs = Viewers in thousands; V-No. = Prime time rank in viewers; D-No. = Prime time rank in demo (adults 18-49) | |||||||
| V-No.* | D-No.* | Program | Net | Start | Dur | Vwrs* | A1849 |
| 43 | 59 | STORAGE WARS | A&E | 8:00 PM | 30 | 862 | 0.20 |
| 39 | 55 | STORAGE WARS | A&E | 8:30 PM | 30 | 914 | 0.21 |
| 23 | 26 | STORAGE WARS | A&E | 9:00 PM | 30 | 1189 | 0.28 |
| 22 | 21 | STORAGE WARS | A&E | 9:30 PM | 31 | 1208 | 0.30 |
| 29 | 26 | STORAGE WARS CA | A&E | 10:01 PM | 31 | 1038 | 0.28 |
| 34 | 36 | STORAGE WARS CA | A&E | 10:32 PM | 31 | 951 | 0.26 |
| 58 | 47 | KING OF THE HILL | ADSM | 8:00 PM | 30 | 682 | 0.23 |
| 55 | 21 | AMERICAN DAD | ADSM | 8:30 PM | 30 | 761 | 0.30 |
| 33 | 9 | CLEVELAND SHOW | ADSM | 9:00 PM | 30 | 964 | 0.40 |
| 27 | 7 | AMERICAN DAD | ADSM | 9:30 PM | 30 | 1099 | 0.50 |
| 44 | 10 | SAMURAI JACK | ADSM | 10:00 PM | 30 | 856 | 0.39 |
| 25 | 6 | BOB’S BURGERS | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 30 | 1133 | 0.54 |
| 41 | 32 | AMC MOVIE: TOMBSTONE | AMC | 8:00 PM | 180 | 881 | 0.27 |
| 20 | 8 | REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC | BRAVO | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1254 | 0.42 |
| 76 | 76 | THEN AND NOW W/ANDY COHEN | BRAVO | 10:00 PM | 60 | 497 | 0.16 |
| 91 | 55 | SOUTH PARK | CMDY | 8:00 PM | 30 | 386 | 0.21 |
| 82 | 40 | SOUTH PARK | CMDY | 8:30 PM | 30 | 446 | 0.24 |
| 85 | 40 | SOUTH PARK | CMDY | 9:00 PM | 30 | 416 | 0.24 |
| 79 | 25 | SOUTH PARK | CMDY | 9:30 PM | 90 | 485 | 0.29 |
| 89 | 83 | SHARK TANK | CNBC | 9:00 PM | 60 | 406 | 0.15 |
| 16 | 17 | ANDERSON COOPER 360 | CNN | 8:00 PM | 60 | 1378 | 0.32 |
| 19 | 19 | ANDERSON COOPER 360 | CNN | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1285 | 0.31 |
| 15 | 15 | CNN TONIGHT | CNN | 10:00 PM | 60 | 1388 | 0.34 |
| 77 | 76 | NAKED AND AFRAID | DISC | 8:00 PM | 60 | 488 | 0.16 |
| 71 | 65 | NAKED AND AFRAID | DISC | 9:00 PM | 61 | 552 | 0.18 |
| 63 | 65 | NAKED AND AFRAID XL | DISC | 10:01 PM | 61 | 617 | 0.18 |
| 65 | 65 | MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE | DISJR | 7:50 PM | 25 | 584 | 0.18 |
| 67 | 83 | PJ MASKS | DISJR | 8:15 PM | 25 | 573 | 0.15 |
| 78 | 89 | PJ MASKS | DISJR | 8:40 PM | 25 | 486 | 0.14 |
| 52 | 89 | K.C. UNDERCOVER | DSNY | 9:00 PM | 30 | 810 | 0.14 |
| 49 | 89 | K.C. UNDERCOVER | DSNY | 9:30 PM | 30 | 825 | 0.14 |
| 47 | 76 | LIV & MADDIE: CALI STYLE | DSNY | 10:00 PM | 30 | 845 | 0.16 |
| 30 | 65 | BUNK’D | DSNY | 10:30 PM | 30 | 992 | 0.18 |
| 44 | 32 | HOLLYWOOD MEDIUM | E! | 8:00 PM | 60 | 856 | 0.27 |
| 81 | 59 | E:60 | ESPN | 8:00 PM | 90 | 460 | 0.20 |
| 88 | 65 | ESPN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY: 30 FOR 30: BELIEVELAND | ESPN | 9:30 PM | 90 | 413 | 0.18 |
| 59 | 62 | CHOPPED ALL-STARS | FOOD | 8:00 PM | 60 | 655 | 0.19 |
| 70 | 83 | BAKERS VS FAKERS | FOOD | 9:00 PM | 60 | 557 | 0.15 |
| 57 | 55 | COOKS VS. CONS | FOOD | 10:00 PM | 60 | 687 | 0.21 |
| 1 | 32 | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT | FOXNC | 8:00 PM | 60 | 2828 | 0.27 |
| 4 | 21 | THE FIVE | FOXNC | 9:00 PM | 60 | 2572 | 0.30 |
| 3 | 26 | HANNITY | FOXNC | 10:00 PM | 60 | 2601 | 0.28 |
| 68 | 59 | BIG SCREEN MOVIE | FRFM | 8:30 PM | 150 | 564 | 0.20 |
| 92 | 83 | ULTIMATE FIGHTER | FS1 | 10:00 PM | 60 | 380 | 0.15 |
| 35 | 47 | FX MOVIE PRIME: JACK REACHER | FX | 6:59 PM | 181 | 938 | 0.23 |
| 28 | 40 | FARGO | FX | 10:00 PM | 65 | 1041 | 0.24 |
| 99 | 83 | FXX MOVIE PRIME | FXX | 7:30 PM | 150 | 279 | 0.15 |
| 86 | 47 | ARCHER FXX | FXX | 10:00 PM | 30 | 415 | 0.23 |
| 100 | 98 | ARCHER FXX | FXX | 10:30 PM | 30 | 246 | 0.13 |
| 61 | 76 | LAST MAN STANDING | HALL | 8:30 PM | 30 | 637 | 0.16 |
| 75 | 89 | THE MIDDLE | HALL | 9:00 PM | 30 | 510 | 0.14 |
| 69 | 98 | THE MIDDLE | HALL | 9:30 PM | 30 | 558 | 0.13 |
| 73 | 89 | THE MIDDLE | HALL | 10:00 PM | 30 | 528 | 0.14 |
| 66 | 89 | THE MIDDLE | HALL | 10:30 PM | 30 | 578 | 0.14 |
| 25 | 52 | PROPERTY BROTHERS | HGTV | 8:00 PM | 60 | 1133 | 0.22 |
| 11 | 14 | PROP BROS BUY AND SELL | HGTV | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1571 | 0.35 |
| 13 | 15 | HOUSE HUNTERS | HGTV | 10:00 PM | 30 | 1462 | 0.34 |
| 14 | 17 | HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL | HGTV | 10:30 PM | 30 | 1403 | 0.32 |
| 24 | 62 | AMERICAN PICKERS | HIST | 8:00 PM | 60 | 1175 | 0.19 |
| 17 | 36 | AMERICAN PICKERS: BEST OF | HIST | 9:00 PM | 63 | 1377 | 0.26 |
| 96 | 98 | FORENSIC FILES | HLN | 10:30 PM | 30 | 339 | 0.13 |
| 53 | 65 | SEE NO EVIL | ID | 8:00 PM | 60 | 790 | 0.18 |
| 36 | 40 | HEAR NO EVIL | ID | 9:00 PM | 60 | 925 | 0.24 |
| 46 | 36 | REASONABLE DOUBT | ID | 10:00 PM | 60 | 851 | 0.26 |
| 80 | 65 | LW ATL: A LITTLE EXTRA | LIF | 8:00 PM | 60 | 475 | 0.18 |
| 37 | 11 | LITTLE WOMEN ATL REUNION | LIF | 9:00 PM | 62 | 918 | 0.36 |
| 72 | 76 | LW LA: A LITTLE EXTRA | LIF | 10:04 PM | 58 | 543 | 0.16 |
| 9 | 39 | ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES | MSNBC | 8:00 PM | 60 | 2023 | 0.25 |
| 2 | 11 | RACHEL MADDOW SHOW | MSNBC | 9:00 PM | 60 | 2697 | 0.36 |
| 5 | 19 | LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL | MSNBC | 10:00 PM | 60 | 2189 | 0.31 |
| 74 | 26 | CATFISH: STILL HOOKED | MTV | 8:00 PM | 61 | 518 | 0.28 |
| 95 | 62 | AYTO: SECOND CHANCES | MTV | 9:01 PM | 61 | 344 | 0.19 |
| 18 | 47 | THUNDERMANS | NICK | 8:00 PM | 30 | 1286 | 0.23 |
| 21 | 55 | NICKY, RICKY, DICKY &DAWN | NICK | 8:30 PM | 30 | 1212 | 0.21 |
| 38 | 52 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 9:00 PM | 30 | 915 | 0.22 |
| 42 | 40 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 9:30 PM | 30 | 869 | 0.24 |
| 40 | 26 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 10:00 PM | 30 | 892 | 0.28 |
| 48 | 32 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 10:30 PM | 30 | 833 | 0.27 |
| 83 | 83 | SPIKE TV MOVIE: FORREST GUMP | SPIKE | 10:30 PM | 210 | 424 | 0.15 |
| 93 | 76 | SYFY MOVIE: UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS | SYFY | 9:00 PM | 120 | 364 | 0.16 |
| 12 | 5 | THE BIG BANG THEORY | TBS | 8:00 PM | 30 | 1552 | 0.55 |
| 10 | 4 | THE BIG BANG THEORY | TBS | 8:30 PM | 30 | 1915 | 0.68 |
| 7 | 2 | THE BIG BANG THEORY | TBS | 9:00 PM | 30 | 2103 | 0.71 |
| 6 | 2 | THE BIG BANG THEORY | TBS | 9:30 PM | 30 | 2129 | 0.71 |
| 8 | 1 | THE BIG BANG THEORY | TBS | 10:00 PM | 30 | 2090 | 0.72 |
| 32 | 11 | FULL FRONTAL W/ SAM BEE | TBS | 10:30 PM | 30 | 981 | 0.36 |
| 31 | 21 | MY 600-LB LIFE: WHERE ARE | TLC | 8:00 PM | 121 | 986 | 0.30 |
| 51 | 47 | BIG & LITTLE | TLC | 10:01 PM | 61 | 812 | 0.23 |
| 54 | 26 | TNT BIG PICTURE MOVIES: EDGE OF TOMORROW | TNT | 8:00 PM | 150 | 789 | 0.28 |
| 62 | 52 | TNT BIG PICTURE MOVIES: EDGE OF TOMORROW | TNT | 10:30 PM | 150 | 632 | 0.22 |
| 64 | 89 | EXPEDITION UNKNOWN POPUPS | TRAV | 9:00 PM | 60 | 591 | 0.14 |
| 84 | 65 | IMPRACTICAL JOKERS | TRU | 8:00 PM | 30 | 419 | 0.18 |
| 86 | 65 | IMPRACTICAL JOKERS | TRU | 8:30 PM | 30 | 415 | 0.18 |
| 90 | 65 | IMPRACTICAL JOKERS | TRU | 9:00 PM | 30 | 405 | 0.18 |
| 97 | 75 | IMPRACTICAL JOKERS | TRU | 9:30 PM | 30 | 333 | 0.17 |
| 50 | 89 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND | TVL | 9:30 PM | 30 | 813 | 0.14 |
| 60 | 40 | MOVIE, USA: G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA | USA | 8:00 PM | 150 | 646 | 0.24 |
| 56 | 40 | MOVIE, USA: G.I. JOE: RETALIATION | USA | 10:30 PM | 150 | 689 | 0.24 |
| 94 | 76 | BLACK INK CREW CHICAGO 2 | VH1 | 8:00 PM | 60 | 351 | 0.16 |
| 98 | 89 | R&R PICTURE SHOWS: BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE | VH1 | 9:00 PM | 150 | 315 | 0.14 |
Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research
Live+3 vs. Live+SD data for Wednesday 5/24/2017
Adults 18-49
…………………………….. L+SD … L+3
Dirty Dancing …………. 1.35 … 1.60
Survivor …………………. 1.85 … 2.44
Survivor-Reunion ……. 1.27 … 1.78
Law & Order: SVU-rs .. 0.70 … 0.72
Law & Order: SVU …… 1.32 … 2.00
Shots Fired …………….. 0.90 … 1.17
Empire …………………… 2.49 … 3.46
Arrow …………………….. 0.61 … 0.92
The 100 …………………. 0.33 … 0.49
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Total Viewers (000)
…………………………….. L+SD … L+3
Dirty Dancing ………….. 6578 … 7503
Survivor …………………. 8376 .. 10175
Survivor-Reunion …….. 5710 … 7315
Law & Order: SVU-rs .. 4000 … 4110
Law & Order: SVU ……. 6122 … 8277
Shots Fired ……………… 3439 … 4255
Empire ……………………. 6965 … 9193
Arrow ……………………… 1723 … 2429
The 100 ……………………. 914 … 1326
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