Preliminary Ratings: Wednesday 04/15/16

For the second straight night, CBS swept the network ratings. It had the three most watched shows of the night and won each hour of the night, in all three reported categories. SURVIVOR was the top program in the A18-49 ratings (2.2 rating) and the A25-54 ratings (3.0 rating), while CRIMINAL MINDS was the only show of the night with over 10 million viewers. CSI: CYBER held onto about 80% of its lead in audience and 75% of the demo.

ABC was the #2 network of the night, with MODERN FAMILY airing another encore episode, surrounded by originals from the other series. The comedies held their own, with THE GOLDBERGS building on its lead in, in the A18-49 demographic, for both episodes. NASHVILLE was the low point of the night, for ABC.

FOX was third, with AMERICAN IDOL only doing better than the repeats on NBC, in the A18-49 ratings. This is two weeks in a row that IDOL has posted a 1.4 rating in the demo, tying a series low.

The CW tied NBC in the A18-49 ratings, with a 0.8 score. Both CW Dramas were up from their last original episodes, two week's earlier.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	5.9 million	1.7	2.2
CBS	9.2 million	1.9	2.6
CW	2.1 million	0.8	0.9
FOX	7.5 million	1.4	2.1
NBC	4.2 million	0.8	1.1

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Middle	7.40	1.9	2.6
8:30	ABC	The Goldbergs	6.90	2.1	2.8
9:00	ABC	Modern Family [R]	6.00	1.8	2.3
9:30	ABC	The Goldbergs	5.70	1.9	2.4
10:00	ABC	Nashville	4.60	1.2	1.5
8:00	CBS	Survivor	9.40	2.2	3.0
9:00	CBS	Criminal Minds	10.20	2.0	2.7
10:00	CBS	CSI: Cyber	8.10	1.5	2.1
8:00	CW	Arrow	2.40	0.9	1.0
9:00	CW	Supernatural	1.80	0.7	0.8
8:00	FOX	American Idol	7.50	1.4	2.1
8:00	NBC	The Mysteries of Laura [R]	4.50	0.7	1.0
9:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU [R]	4.00	0.8	1.1
10:00	NBC	Chicago PD [R]	4.10	0.8	1.1

* - in millions