Preliminary Ratings: Wednesday 02/17/2016

It was a competitive, but down night in the ratings, with three of the four networks grabbing shares of the Wednesday night leadership. CBS and NBC tied for the most viewers. FOX won the A18-34 and A18-49 demographics. And, CBS and FOX tied in the A25-54 demographic.

The most watched show of the evening was the season premiere of SURVIVOR. With 8.3 million viewers, a 2.0 rating in the A18-49 demo and a 2.7 rating in the A25-54 demo, it virtually tied AMERICAN IDOL during the 8 p.m. hour. That is down 20% in the A18-49 demo from both the 2015 spring and fall premieres. Year-to-year, total viewership is down by 1.8 million viewers.

AMERICAN IDOL was down, week-to-week, by close to 10% in the A18-49 demo and one million total viewers. HELL'S KITCHEN looks to have held its ground in the key demographics of the A18-49 and A18-34 age groups.

ABC was right there with CBS and FOX in all thee demographic categories, just a tenth off from the leader, but it was fourth in total viewers. MODERN FAMILY was the #1 program of the night, in all three demo categories, including a 1.6 in the A18-34 age group.

NBC did grab viewers, but fell of the pace when it came to younger viewers. Although close, it was fourth in all three demographics. All three crime dramas were down, week-to-week, with CHICAGO PD falling 1.7 million viewers and 28% in the A18-49 demo.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	5.50 million	1.0	1.6	2.1
CBS	7.20 million	0.9	1.6	2.2
CW	2.30 million	0.7	0.9	1.0
FOX	6.10 million	1.1	1.7	2.2
NBC	7.20 million	0.9	1.4	1.8

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Middle	7.20	1.2	1.9	2.5
8:30	ABC	The Goldbergs	6.30	1.2	1.9	2.5
9:00	ABC	Modern Family	7.40	1.6	2.4	3.1
9:30	ABC	black-ish	5.80	1.2	1.8	2.4
10:00	ABC	American Crime	3.20	0.5	0.8	1.1
8:00	CBS	Survivor (SP)	8.30	1.1	2.0	2.7
9:30	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	5.20	0.6	1.2	1.7
10:00	CBS	Code Black	6.40	0.8	1.2	1.7
8:00	CW	Arrow	2.50	0.8	0.9	1.0
9:00	CW	Supernatural	2.00	0.6	0.8	0.9
8:00	FOX	American Idol	8.20	1.3	2.0	2.7
9:00	FOX	Hell's Kitchen	4.00	0.9	1.3	1.6
8:00	NBC	Mysteries of Laura	6.30	0.6	1.0	1.4
9:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU	7.70	1.1	1.6	2.1
10:00	NBC	Chicago PD	7.50	1.0	1.6	2.0

* - in millions