Preliminary Ratings: Wednesday 04/09/14

CBS takes the night in both major reported categories, posting 9.5 million viewers and a 2.1 rating in Adults 18-49. All three of the networks programs drew over nine million viewers, and won their respective time slots, in both viewers and young adults. But, it is a little sad to see that not a single program on the night could draw over 10 million viewers or a 3.0 demo rating.

The CW had some positive ratings news as the new series THE 100 was able to build on it's lead in, a repeat of ARROW, at 9 p.m. This is something rare for a freshman CW series and it may have solidified THE 100's second season renewal, come May upfronts.

You know it is getting bad when LAW & ORDER: SVU can tie AMERICAN IDOL in the 18-49 ratings. FOX should cancel the once hot singing competition series, but things are really bad for the network, so we may be seeing yet another season of IDOL, come January 2015.
 

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 3.5 million viewers, 1.0 rating in Adults 18-49

CBS - 9.5 million viewers, 2.1 rating in Adults 18-49

CW - 1.5 million viewers, 0.5 rating in Adults 18-49

FOX - 8.8 million viewers, 2.0 rating in Adults 18-49

NBC - 6.0 million viewers, 1.5 rating in Adults 18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	The Middle [R]	4.60	1.3
8:30	ABC	Suburgatory [R]	3.60	1.1	-22%
9:00	ABC	Modern Family [R]	4.80	1.5	33%
9:30	ABC	Mixology	3.30	1.1	-31%
10:00	ABC	Nashville [R]	2.40	0.6	-27%
8:00	CBS	Survivor	9.60	2.4
9:00	CBS	Criminal Minds	9.80	2.3	2%
10:00	CBS	CSI	9.10	1.7	-7%
8:00	CW	Arrow [R]	1.30	0.4
9:00	CW	The 100	1.80	0.5	38%
8:00	FOX	American Idol	8.80	2.0
8:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU [R]	4.30	1.0
9:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU	7.30	2.0	70%
10:00	NBC	Chicago PD	6.50	1.6	-11%

* - in millions