The declines continued.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).
Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.
ABC: The season premiere of THE GOLDBERGS dropped 0.4 from the 2017 premiere to 1.4, the season premiere of AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE (which aired at 9:30PM last season) was down 0.4 to 1.2, and the season premiere of MODERN FAMILY fell half a point to 1.6. SINGLE PARENTS held onto its lead-in fairly well with 1.3, and A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was OK at 1.1, the same rating DESIGNATED SURVIVOR had in that slot last September.
CBS: The SURVIVOR season premiere slipped 0.2 from Fall 2017 to 1.6. The season finale of BIG BROTHER dropped half a point to 1.6, and the 2017 finale ran without a SURVIVOR lead-in.
NBC: CHICAGO MED dipped 0.1 from 2017 (when it premiered in November) to 1.2. CHICAGO FIRE had a steeper 0.3 drop to 1.2. CHICAGO PD was down 0.1 to 1.2.
FOX: EMPIRE was the night’s top-rated show, but its 1.9 was down half a point from 2017. STAR’s premiere dropped 0.3 from 2017 to 1.5.
CW: BURDEN OF TRUTH held at 0.1, followed by a SUPERGIRL rerun at 0.1.
Tonight’s series premiere (-ish) is the reboot of CBS’s MURPHY BROWN. Season premieres include 2 hours for GREY’S ANATOMY and SVU, an hour for THE GOOD PLACE, and SWAT, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER and MOM in their usual formats.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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