Preliminary Ratings: Wednesday 02/07/2018

It was a night of split leadership, on Wednesday Night. CBS topped the A18-49 demographic, with a 1.3 average. FOX was the best at the A18-34 demo (0.9 rating) and the A25-54 demo (1.8 rating). And, NBC was the most watched network. ABC aired a Pixar movie instead of its regular line up of Comedies, pushing it down to 4th n the night.

The premiere of CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER hit the ground running, posting the night's best numbers and easily winning the 8 PM time slot. As an alternative tot he Winter Olympics, CBB may be a winner for CBS.

9-1-1 continues to do well for FOX, taking the 9 PM hour and scoring the second best demographic ratings on the night. Week-to-week, the freshman drama is up by a tenth of a point in the demo and 400,000 total viewers.

NBC scores the 10 PM win, with CHICAGO PD delivering the second largest audience of the night.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	3.10 million	0.5	0.9	1.1
CBS	5.20 million	0.8	1.3	1.7
CW	1.00 million	0.3	0.3	0.4
FOX	5.20 million	0.9	1.2	1.8
NBC	5.90 million	0.6	1.2	1.6

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Movie: Inside Out	3.10	0.5	0.9	1.1
10:00	ABC	Match Game	2.60	0.3	0.6	0.8
8:00	CBS	Celebrity Big Brother (SP)	7.30	1.1	1.8	2.4
9:00	CBS	The Amazing Race	5.00	0.7	1.1	1.5
8:00	CW	Riverdale	1.30	0.4	0.4	0.5
9:00	CW	Dynasty	0.70	0.2	0.2	0.2
8:00	FOX	The X-Files	3.70	0.6	0.9	1.3
9:00	FOX	9-1-1	6.60	1.1	1.7	2.2
8:00	NBC	The Blacklist	6.30	0.5	1.0	1.5
9:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU	6.60	0.7	1.3	1.8
10:00	NBC	Chicago PD	7.20	0.6	1.2	1.8

* - viewers in millions