Preliminary Ratings: Wednesday 12/16/15

'Tis The season for encores!! Of the 13 hours of primetime network programing on CBS, only four hours were of original programming. CBS aired three of those hour for an easy win on the night. The SURVIVOR finale and Reunion show brought in 8.6 million viewers and a 2.1 rating in Adults 18-49, for CBS on the night. Compared to last fall, SURVIVOR was down about 250k in total viewers and just one tenth of a ratings point in the A18-49 demo.

The fourth, and last hour of original programming came from a musical performance from the series NASHVILLE. ON THE RECORD 3 was actually the lowest rated show of the night, from the big 4 networks, losing to all those encores on ABC, FOX and NBC.

NBC had the night's lone holiday special, an encore airing of ELF: BUDDY'S MUSICAL CHRISTMAS. The low ratings are similar to last years numbers.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	4.00 million	0.6	1.0	1.4
CBS	8.60 million	1.1	2.1	2.9
CW	1.10 million	0.3	0.3	0.4
FOX	2.80 million	0.6	0.7	1.0
NBC	3.10 million	0.5	0.8	1.1

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Middle [R]	5.70	0.7	1.3	1.9
8:30	ABC	The Goldbergs  [R]	4.70	0.8	1.3	1.7
9:00	ABC	Modern Family  [R]	4.80	0.9	1.4	1.8
9:30	ABC	Black-ish  [R]	4.00	0.7	1.2	1.6
10:00	ABC	Nashville: On The Record	2.50	0.3	0.4	0.7
8:00	CBS	Survivor (SF)	9.50	1.2	2.3	3.2
10:00	CBS	Survivor Reunion	6.80	0.9	1.7	2.3
8:00	CW	Arrow [R]	1.20	0.3	0.3	0.4
9:00	CW	Supernatural [R]	0.90	0.2	0.3	0.4
8:00	FOX	Empire [R]	2.80	0.6	0.7	1.0
9:00	FOX	Rosewood [R]	2.80	0.5	0.6	0.9
8:00	NBC	ELF: Buddy's Musical Christmas	3.10	0.5	0.8	1.0
9:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU [R]	3.50	0.4	0.7	1.0
10:00	NBC	Chicago PD [R]	4.60	0.5	0.9	1.3

* - in millions