Broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Wednesday, March 22, 2017
The numbers for Wednesday:
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | Survivor (CBS) | 1.7/7 | 7.90 |
| Shots Fired (FOX) – P | 1.1/4 | 4.67 | |
| The Goldbergs (ABC) – R | 1.0/4 | 4.48 | |
| Blindspot (NBC) | 0.9/3 | 4.27 | |
| Arrow (The CW) | 0.5/2 | 1.40 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Speechless (ABC) – R | 1.0/4 | 3.78 |
| 9 p.m. | Empire (FOX) | 2.8/10 | 7.89 |
| Criminal Minds (CBS) | 1.3/5 | 7.39 | |
| Law & Order: SVU (NBC) | 1.1/4 | 5.01 | |
| Modern Family (ABC) – R | 1.1/4 | 3.94 | |
| The 100 (The CW) | 0.3/1 | 0.90 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | Black-ish (ABC) – R | 0.8/3 | 3.09 |
| 10 p.m. | Chicago PD (NBC) | 1.2/5 | 6.29 |
| Designated Survivor (ABC) | 1.1/4 | 5.17 | |
| Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (CBS) | 0.8/3 | 4.83 |
“Empire” easily reclaimed its spot as Wednesday’s No. 1 show with its return. The FOX series came back from a three-month hiatus with a 2.8 rating among adults 18-49, a tenth of a point better than its last episode in December. “Shots Fired” had a more modest start, drawing a 1.1, a few tenths below “Lethal Weapon’s” average in the 8 p.m. timeslot earlier this season.
Elsewhere, “Law & Order: SVU” hit a season low on NBC with a 1.1, and “Chicago PD” (1.2) tied its season low. “Blindspot” (0.9) improved a tenth on its last episode. “Survivor” (1.7) and “Criminal Minds” (1.3) both held steady for CBS, while “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” (0.8) slipped a tenth.
ABC’s “Designated Survivor” fell 0.2 vs. last week to 1.1 following a block of comedy reruns. “Arrow” and “The 100” were both even with last week for The CW.
Network averages:
| FOX | CBS | NBC | ABC | CW | |
| Adults 18-49 rating/share | 1.9/6 | 1.3/5 | 1.1/4 | 1.0/4 | 0.4/2 |
| Total Viewers (millions) | 6.28 | 6.70 | 5.19 | 4.27 | 1.15 |
Late night metered-market ratings (adults 18-49, households):
11:35 p.m.
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”: 0.7/4, 2.0/5
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”: 0.4/2, 2.2/6
“Jimmy Kimmel Live”: 0.4/2, 1.6/4
12:35 a.m.
“Late Night with Seth Meyers”: 0.3/3, 1.1/4
“The Late Late Show with James Corden”: 0.3/3, 1.0/4
“Nightline”: 0.3/2, 1.1/4
Definitions:
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time.
Time Shifted Viewing: Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
Source: The Nielsen Company.
