Preliminary Ratings: Wednesday 09/16/15

NBC took the Wednesday night ratings, with a depressed AMERICA'S GOT TALENT season finale. The final episode drew just 9.5 million viewers and a 2.1 rating in Adults 18-49. That is down 2.7 million viewers and 13% in the demo, from last summers season finale.

FOX was a a solid second place with its two hour finale of MASTERCHEF. The cooking competition series hauled in 4.6 million viewers and a 1.5 score in the A18-49 ratings. It too was down year-to-year, dropping 25% in the demo and one million total viewers.

CBS may have been more competitive, but the 10 p.m. special, NFL: UNDRAFTED ranked last among all programs from the big 4 networks. yes, worst than the NASHVILLE repeat.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	2.70 million	0.4	0.7	1.0
CBS	3.60 million	0.7	1.1	1.2
CW	1.20 million	0.4	0.4	0.5
FOX	4.60 million	1.0	1.5	1.9
NBC	8.20 million	1.1	1.8	2.4

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Middle [R]	3.70	0.4	0.8	1.1
8:30	ABC	The Goldbergs [R]	2.90	0.4	0.7	1.0
9:00	ABC	Modern Family [R]	3.00	0.5	0.9	1.2
9:30	ABC	Black-ish [R]	2.50	0.4	0.7	1.0
10:00	ABC	Nashville [R]	2.10	0.3	0.5	0.7
8:00	CBS	Big Brother	5.90	1.3	1.8	2.2
9:00	CBS	Criminal Minds [R]	3.40	0.4	0.7	0.9
10:00	CBS	NFL: Undrafted	1.60	0.3	0.5	0.6
8:00	CW	America's Next Top Model	1.50	0.4	0.5	0.6
9:00	CW	A Wicked Offer	0.90	0.3	0.3	0.4
8:00	FOX	Masterchef	4.60	1.0	1.5	1.9
8:00	NBC	America's Got Talent [clips]	5.70	0.6	1.2	1.6
9:00	NBC	America's Got Talent	9.50	1.4	2.1	2.8

* - in millions