Final Broadcast Numbers: September 30, 2015

Night ten of the 2015-16 TV season featured three season/series premieres, all dramas. On CBS, the season premiere of CRIMINAL MINDS drew the best premiere numbers, with 10.1 million viewers, a 2.0 rating in Adults 18-49 and a 2.7 rating in the A25-54 demo. That is down 1.6 million in total viewers and a drop of 26% in the A18-49 demo.

Following MINDS was the new medical drama, CODE BLACK. It did hold 85% of its lead in numbers, but its 8.6 million viewers and 1.5 rating in the A18-49 demo, is down from last year's STALKER premiere, in the same time slot. But, percentage-wise, CODE BALCK did better retaining its lead in than STALKER, in 2014.

On NBC, CHICAGO PD basically mirrored its lead in numbers, hauling in 6.7 million viewers and a 1.7 rating in Adults 18-49. That is off by 1.8 million viewers and two tenths of a point in the A18-49 demo, from the 2014 premiere.

FOX was the nights top network, thanks to EMPIRE, however the hot drama dropped 2.5 million viewers and over 15% in the demo, from last week's season premiere. 8 p.m. drama, ROSEWOOD saw similar similar losses, so lets see if the DVR ratings make up the numbers.

ABC held mostly steady, week-to-week, but the 9 p.m. comedies did see a significant drop. MODERN FAMILY was off by 800,000 viewers and two tenths of a ratings point, in the A18-49 demo, and BLACK-ISH lost 1.4 million viewers and six tenths of a point in the demo.

Final L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	6.60 million	1.2	1.9	2.6
CBS	9.40 million	1.1	2.0	2.7
CW	0.90 million	0.3	0.3	0.4
FOX	10.00 million	3.1	3.7	4.2
NBC	6.90 million	1.1	1.5	1.9

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	L+3^	L+7^
8:00	ABC	The Middle	7.91	2.2	9.80(2.7)	10.50(2.8)
8:30	ABC	The Goldbergs	7.39	2.4	9.90(3.0)	10.60(3.2)
9:00	ABC	Modern Family	8.72	3.0	12.80(4.2)	14.30(4.6)
9:30	ABC	Black-ish	5.93	1.8	8.10(2.4)	8.80(2.6)
10:00	ABC	Nashville	4.72	1.1	7.50(1.8)	8.20(1.9)
8:00	CBS	Survivor	9.43	2.4
9:00	CBS	Criminal Minds (SP)	10.08	2.0
10:00	CBS	Code Black (SP)	8.58	1.5
8:00	CW	iHeartRadio Music Fest 2	0.93	0.3
8:00	FOX	Rosewood	6.24	2.0
9:00	FOX	Empire	13.74	5.5
8:00	NBC	Mysteries of Laura	7.36	1.2
9:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU	6.73	1.7
10:00	NBC	Chicago PD (SP)	6.65	1.7

* - total viewers, in millions
^ - projected ratings: millions of viewers(A18-49 demo rating)