Preliminary Ratings: Wednesday 12/02/2015
The fall finales of ROSEWOOD and EMPIRE, powered FOX to a Wednesday night win. ROSEWOOD, the weaker of the two dramas, drew five million viewers and a 1.4 rating in Adults 18-49, placing fourth in the hour, barely ahead of ARROW, on the CW. EMPIRE, which carried the night, was the night's #1 show in all four reported categories, plus it captured a 16 share in Women 18-49. No other show on the night even made it to double digits.CBS was a solid #2 on the night, thanks mainly to a stronger than usually CODE BLACK. The episode held 98% of its CRIMINAL MINDS lead in audience, matched it in the A18-49 demo and grew the A18-34 viewers. It was the #1 program in the 10 p.m. hour.
NBC was third with its all-christmas line up of CHRISTMAS IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER, the holiday classic, HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS and a 90 minute block of SNL Christmas skits. Viewership peaked at 8 p.m., but the demos were very consistent through the night.
ABC finished in fourth place, with THE MIDDLE as the network's most watched program, beating out MODERN FAMILY. The 9 p.m. comedy did still have the better demographic ratings, but not by much.
Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:
| Total viewers | A18-34 | A18-49 | A25-54 | |
| ABC | 5.90 million | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| CBS | 8.90 million | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
| CW | 2.90 million | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| FOX | 8.30 million | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| NBC | 6.00 million | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| Time | Net | Program | Viewers* | A18-34 | A18-49 | A25-54 |
| 8:00 | ABC | The Middle | 7.80 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 |
| 8:30 | ABC | The Goldbergs | 6.50 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
| 9:00 | ABC | Modern Family | 7.40 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 |
| 9:30 | ABC | Black-ish | 5.50 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 10:00 | ABC | Nashville | 4.20 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| 8:00 | CBS | Survivor | 9.40 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.1 |
| 9:00 | CBS | Criminal Minds | 8.70 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 10:00 | CBS | Code Black | 8.50 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| 8:00 | CW | Arrow | 3.60 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 9:00 | CW | Supernatural | 2.10 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| 8:00 | FOX | Rosewood (FF) | 5.00 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 9:00 | FOX | Empire (FF) | 11.50 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 8:00 | NBC | Christmas in Rockefeller Center | 8.00 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| 9:00 | NBC | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | 5.60 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| 9:30 | NBC | SNL Christmas [R] | 4.40 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
* - in millions
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