TV Ratings: 'Empire' audience grows for unprecedented seventh week
For a seventh week in a row, Empire scored overnight audience growth on Wednesday. It also dominated the ratings for an eighth week in a row. Simply amazing!
Empire had a 5.3 preliminary adult rating and 13.8 million viewers. That's up from 5.2 and 13.2 million viewers last week.
Eight-week overnight track for Empire: 6.8/10 – 7.3/11 – 7.6/12 – 7.9/12 – 8.0/12 – 8.2/13 – 8.8/13 – 9.2/14.
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TV Ratings Wednesday Preliminary - February 25, 2015
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00PM | FOX | American Idol | 2.6 | 8 | 10.18 |
| CBS | Survivor (8-9:30) | 2.3 | 7 | 9.88 | |
| ABC | The Middle | 2.0 | 7 | 7.39 | |
| NBC | The Mysteries of Laura | 1.4 | 4 | 7.65 | |
| CW | Arrow | 1.0 | 3 | 2.90 | |
| 8:30PM | ABC | The Goldbergs | 2.5 | 8 | 7.46 |
| 9:00PM | FOX | Empire | 5.3 | 15 | 13.75 |
| ABC | Modern Family | 3.4 | 10 | 9.30 | |
| NBC | Law And Order: SVU | 1.6 | 4 | 7.69 | |
| CW | The 100 | 0.6 | 2 | 1.79 | |
| 9:30PM | ABC | black-ish | 2.3 | 6 | 6.72 |
| CBS | The Amazing Race (9:30-11) | 1.5 | 4 | 6.06 | |
| 10:00PM | NBC | Chicago PD | 1.5 | 5 | 7.35 |
| ABC | Nashville | 1.4 | 4 | 4.88 |
Via TVbytheNumbers
Half Hours
8:00 p.m.
ABC – The Middle Viewers: 7.39 million (#4), A18-49: 2.0/ 7 (#3)
CBS – Survivor (season premiere) Viewers: 9.88 million (#1), A18-49: 2.3/ 8 (#2)
NBC – The Mysteries of Laura (with guest star Eric McCormack) Viewers: 7.61 million (#3), A18-49: 1.4/ 5 (#4)
Fox – American Idol Viewers: 9.62 million (#2), A18-49: 2.5/ 8 (#1)
CW – The Flash Viewers: 2.93 million (#5), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#5)
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8:30 p.m.
ABC – The Goldbergs Viewers: 7.46 million (#4), A18-49: 2.5/ 8 (#2)
CBS – Survivor (season premiere) Viewers: 9.79 million (#2), A18-49: 2.3/ 7 (#2)
NBC – The Mysteries of Laura (with guest star Eric McCormack) Viewers: 7.67 million (#3), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#4)
Fox – American Idol Viewers: 10.74 million (#1), A18-49: 2.8/ 8 (#1)
CW – The Flash Viewers: 2.80 million (#5), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#5)
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9:00 p.m.
ABC – Modern Family Viewers: 9.30 million (#3), A18-49: 3.4/10 (#2)
CBS – Survivor (season premiere) Viewers: 9.98 million (#2), A18-49: 2.4/ 7 (#3)
NBC – Law & Order: SVU Viewers: 7.44 million (#4), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#4)
Fox – Empire Viewers: 13.53 million (#1), A18-49: 5.2/15 (#1)
CW – The 100 Viewers: 1.86 million (#5), A18-49: 0.6/ 2 (#5)
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9:30 p.m.
ABC – black-ish Viewers: 6.72 million (#3), A18-49: 2.3/ 6 (#2)
CBS – The Amazing Race (season premiere) Viewers: 6.47 million (#4), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#4)
NBC – Law & Order: SVU Viewers: 7.95 million (#2), A18-49: 1.6/ 4 (#3)
Fox – Empire Viewers: 13.98 million (#1), A18-49: 5.4/15 (#1)
CW – The 100 Viewers: 1.72 million (#5), A18-49: 0.5/ 2 (#5)
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10:00 p.m.
ABC – Nashville Viewers: 5.06 million (#3), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#1t)
CBS – The Amazing Race (season premiere) Viewers: 6.03 million (#2), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#1t)
NBC – Chicago PD Viewers: 7.32 million (#3), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#1t)
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10:30 p.m.
ABC – Nashville Viewers: 4.69 million (#3), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#3)
CBS – The Amazing Race (season premiere) Viewers: 5.68 million (#2), A18-49: 1.4/ 5 (#2)
NBC – Chicago PD Viewers: 7.37 million (#1), A18-49: 1.5/ 5 (#1)
Source: Nielsen Media Research