Preliminary Ratings: Wednesday 11/16/2016

Fox easily takes the Wednesday night ratings, with its combination of LETHAL WEAPON and EMPIRE. The freshman action drama, LETHAL WEAPON was down, week-to-week, losing about 7% of its total audience and a tenth of a point in the A18-49 demographic. But, EMPIRE saw a rise over last week, gaining 7% in the demo and up over 350,000 total viewers.

BC, CBS and NBC battled it out for second place on the night, with ABC getting the edge in all three demographic categories. CBS won the 8 PM hour, with SURVIVOR as the most watched show of the evening. NBC took the 10 PM time slot, with CHICAGO PD winning over DESIGNATED SURVIVOR and medical drama, CODE BLACK.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	6.00 million	0.9	1.6	2.1
CBS	7.30 million	0.7	1.4	2.0
CW	1.50 million	0.4	0.5	0.6
FOX	7.50 million	1.9	2.4	2.9
NBC	5.80 million	0.7	1.2	1.6

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Goldbergs	6.40	0.9	1.8	2.4
8:30	ABC	Speechless	5.70	0.9	1.6	2.1
9:00	ABC	Modern Family	7.30	1.3	2.2	2.8
9:30	ABC	Black-ish	5.60	0.8	1.6	2.1
10:00	ABC	Designated Survivor	5.50	0.6	1.2	1.7
8:00	CBS	Survivor	8.50	0.9	1.8	2.6
9:00	CBS	Criminal Minds	7.60	0.7	1.4	2.0
10:00	CBS	Code Black	5.70	0.5	0.9	1.4
8:00	CW	Arrow	1.90	0.5	0.7	0.8
9:00	CW	Frequency	1.00	0.3	0.3	0.4
8:00	FOX	Lethal Weapon	6.60	1.1	1.7	2.2
9:00	FOX	Empire	8.40	2.6	3.1	3.5
8:00	NBC	Blindspot	5.00	0.6	1.1	1.5
9:00	NBC	Chicago PD	5.90	0.7	1.1	1.6
10:00	NBC	Chicago PD	6.40	0.8	1.3	1.7

* - viewers in millions