Wednesday Overnight Ratings: ‘Chicago’ Dramas Continue to Provide Large Year-to-Year Gains for NBC Prime Time

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2019

Note: CBS in San Antonio: NBA Basketball

Household Rating/Share (top 56 markets)
NBC: 5.3/ 9, Fox: 3.8/ 6, CBS: 3.1/ 5, ABC: 2.6/ 5, CW: 0.7/ 1

-Household Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening (1/24/18):
NBC: +66, Fox: + 3, CW: no change, ABC: – 7, CBS: -20

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Wednesday, January 21 broken out by half-hour:

PRIME TIME

8:00 p.m.
ABC: 3.6/ 6 (#2) — “The Goldbergs”
CBS: 3.1/ 5 (#3) — “Celebrity Big Brother”
NBC: 5.8/10 (#1) — “Chicago Med”
Fox: 2.6/ 4 (#4) — “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell & Back”
CW: 0.9/ 1 (#5) — “Riverdale”

8:30 p.m.
ABC: 3.0/ 5 (#2) — “Schooled”
CBS: 3.0/ 5 (#2) — “Celebrity Big Brother”
NBC: 5.8/10 (#1) — “Chicago Med”
Fox: 2.7/ 4 (#4) — “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell & Back”
CW: 0.8/ 1 (#5) — “Riverdale”

9:00 p.m.
ABC: 3.3/ 5 (#3) — “Modern Family”
CBS: 3.3/ 5 (#3) — “SEAL Team”
NBC: 5.3/ 9 (#1) — “Chicago Fire”
Fox: 4.8/ 8 (#2) — “The Masked Singer” (Jan. 24, 2018 9:00: 4.6/ 7 — “9-1-1”)
CW: 0.6/ 1 (#5) — “All American”

9:30 p.m.
ABC: 2.1/ 4 (#4) — “Single Parents”
CBS: 3.3/ 6 (#3) — “SEAL Team”
NBC: 5.3/ 9 (#1) — “Chicago Fire”
Fox: 5.1/ 9 (#2) — “The Masked Singer” (Jan. 24, 2018 9:30: 4.7/ 8 — “9-1-1”)
CW: 0.6/ 1 (#5) — “All American”

10:00 p.m.
ABC: 1.9/ 3 (#3) — “Match Game”
CBS: 3.1/ 6 (#2) — “Criminal Minds”
NBC: 4.9/ 9 (#1) — “Chicago PD”

10:30 p.m.
ABC: 1.9/ 4 (#3) — “Match Game”
CBS: 3.0/ 6 (#2) — “Criminal Minds”
NBC: 4.7/ 9 (#1) — “Chicago PD”

LATE NIGHT

11:30 p.m.
ABC: 2.0/ 5 (#3) — “Jimmy Kimmel”
CBS: 3.2/ 8 (#1) — “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
NBC: 2.3/ 6 (#2) — “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon”

12:00 a.m.
ABC: 1.4/ 4 (#3) — “Jimmy Kimmel”
CBS: 2.0/ 6 (#1) — “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
NBC: 1.5/ 4 (#2) — “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon”

12:30 a.m.
ABC: 1.2/ 4 (#2) — “Nightline”
CBS: 1.2/ 4 (#2) — “The Late Late Show with James Corden”
NBC: 1.5/ 5 (#1) — “Late Night with Seth Meyers”

1:00 a.m.
CBS: 0.8/ 3 (#2) — “The Late Late Show with James Corden”
NBC: 1.0/ 4 (#1) — “Late Night with Seth Meyers”

1:30 a.m.
NBC: 0.7/ 3 — “Last Call with Carson Daly” (repeat)

Source: Nielsen Media Research