Preliminary Ratings: Wednesday 04/27/2016

FOX takes the Wednesday night ratings, posting relatively huge demographic numbers, compared to its competition. FOX beat CBS, ABC and NBC, by an average of about 1.5 points. EMPIRE continues to be a young viewer drew, posting mid to high threes in the A18-34 and A18-49 demos. However, this is the first time this spring that EMPIRE improved its ratings, week-to-week.

CBS and ABC battled it out for the second spot, with each network posting identical ratings in both the A18-34 and A18-49 demos. SURVIVOR, the #2 show of the evening, saw week-to-week growth in both viewers and the A18-49 demographic. ABC was in encores last week, but three of the four sitcoms were back in originals. Each of the three comedies were down from their last original episodes.

The CW topped NBC in the A18-34 demographic and tied it in the A18-34 demo. NBC's HEARTBEAT was fifth in its time slot and only beat SUPERNATURAL to keep from be last in original programming, on the night.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	5.00 million	0.8	1.3	1.7
CBS	7.10 million	0.8	1.3	1.8
CW	2.00 million	0.7	0.8	0.9
FOX	7.30 million	2.3	2.5	3.0
NBC	4.10 million	0.4	0.8	1.1

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Middle	6.70	1.0	1.6	2.2
8:30	ABC	The Goldbergs	5.80	0.9	1.6	2.1
9:00	ABC	Modern Family [R]	4.90	0.8	1.3	1.8
9:30	ABC	Black-ish	5.00	1.0	1.5	1.9
10:00	ABC	Nashville	3.80	0.6	0.9	1.2
8:00	CBS	Survivor	9.30	1.2	2.1	2.9
9:00	CBS	Criminal Minds [R]	5.50	0.6	1.0	1.4
10:00	CBS	Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders	6.50	0.5	0.8	1.2
8:00	CW	Arrow	2.30	0.8	0.9	0.9
9:00	CW	Supernatural	1.70	0.5	0.7	0.8
8:00	FOX	Rosewood	4.80	1.1	1.3	1.7
9:00	FOX	Empire	9.80	3.4	3.7	4.3
8:00	NBC	Heartbeat	4.70	0.5	0.8	1.2
9:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU [R]	3.80	0.4	0.8	1.0
10:00	NBC	Chicago PD [R]	3.80	0.4	0.7	1.0

* - in millions