Preliminary Ratings: Wednesday 03/29/2017

FOX dominates in the younger demographic ratings on a rather competitive night between the BIG 4 networks. CBS tops the night in total viewers, with 6.7 million and all four nets are within three-tenths of a point int he A25-54 demo.

EMPIRE draws in the younger viewers, posting a 2.0 rating in the A18-34 demo and a 2.4 rating in the A18-49 demo. But the hit drama was down from last week's premiere, losing 1.2 million viewers and 14% in the A18-49 demographic. New drama, SHOTS FIRED is no LETHAL WEAPON, dropping one million viewers (-31%) and a tenth of a point in the A18-49 demographic, week-to-week.

ABC's line up was back in all-originals and was in second place, across the board. MODERN FAMILY was the only other show, outside of EMPIRE, to post a 2.0, or better, in the A18-49 demographic.

CBS was a competitive third place, edging out NBC for the spot. SURVIVOR was the most watched show of the night, collecting over 8 million viewers, plus a 1.7 rating in the demo. The two CRIMINAL MINDS series are not showing any reason why CBS should renew either of them. CRIMINAL MINDS, at 9 PM, is showing its age and may have lost one too many original cast member with Thomas Gibson gone from the show, earlier this season. CM: BEYOND BORDERS has yet to show any life and consistently places third in its time slot.

With no crossovers or special episodes, NBC's crime drama line up was a decent 4th place on the night. CHICAGO PD did top the 10 PM time slot, edging out DESIGNATED SURVIVOR.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	5.60 million	0.8	1.5	2.0
CBS	6.70 million	0.7	1.3	1.8
CW	1.30 million	0.4	0.4	0.6
FOX	5.30 million	1.4	1.7	2.1
NBC	5.10 million	0.6	1.0	2.0

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Goldbergs	6.00	0.9	1.7	2.2
8:30	ABC	Speechless	5.40	0.8	1.4	1.8
9:00	ABC	Modern Family	6.70	1.3	2.0	2.7
9:30	ABC	black-ish	5.00	0.9	1.5	2.0
10:00	ABC	Designated Survivor	5.10	0.5	1.1	1.5
8:00	CBS	Survivor	8.10	0.9	1.7	2.4
9:00	CBS	Criminal Minds	6.90	0.7	1.2	1.7
10:00	CBS	Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders	5.10	0.5	0.9	1.3
8:00	CW	Arrow	1.60	0.5	0.5	0.7
9:00	CW	The 100	1.00	0.3	0.3	0.4
8:00	FOX	Shots Fired	3.70	0.7	1.0	1.3
9:00	FOX	Empire	6.80	2.0	2.4	2.8
8:00	NBC	Blindspot	4.30	0.5	0.9	1.2
9:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU	4.90	0.7	1.1	1.4
10:00	NBC	Chicago PD	6.00	0.7	1.1	1.6

* - viewers in millions