EMPIRE is the real thing.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).
Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.
FOX: Remarkably, EMPIRE refuted conventional wisdom about shows falling in their 2d weeks, growing instead by 0.2 to a 4.0 rating that makes it the biggest new show of the season and the highest-rated drama on network TV. It grew a tremendously impressive 1.1 from its AMERICAN IDOL lead-in (which was down 0.3 from last week’s season premiere to 2.9, putting it 1.1 below the Week 2 Wednesday last year).
ABC: The whole line-up was down: THE MIDDLE by 0.1 to 2.2, THE GOLDBERGS by 0.2 to 2.3, MODERN FAMILY by 0.2 to 3.0, and BLACK-ISH by 0.1 to 2.0. A FOREVER rerun wrapped up the night weakly at 0.7.
NBC: Another evening of losses: THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA fell 0.2 to 1.1, SVU by 0.3 to 1.4, and CHICAGO PD by 0.1 to 1.5.
CBS: THE MENTALIST stayed at 1.3. CRIMINAL MINDS and STALKER, both preempted last week, returned at 2.2/1.5.
CW: Still in reruns at 0.2/0.2.
With the notable exceptions of THE BIG BANG THEORY and HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, everything is new tonight. CW airs 2 hours of THE WORLD DOG AWARDS. (Stay!)
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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