Final broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Wednesday, May 15, 2019

“Chicago Fire” was the only show experience any adjustment from Wednesday’s preliminary adults 18-49 ratings to the finals this afternoon. The NBC series adjusted up from its initial 1.0 to a 1.1 rating.

Upward adjustments in adults 18-49 are in blue, downward adjustments are in red.

Time Show Adults 18-49 rating/share Viewers (millions)
8 p.m. Survivor (CBS) (8-10:30 p.m.) – F 1.5/7 7.21
Chicago Med (NBC) 1.1/6 7.98
Toy Story 2 (ABC) (8-10 p.m.) – R 0.6/3 2.31
MasterChef Celebrity Family Showdown (FOX) – S 0.5/3 2.04
Riverdale (The CW) – F 0.3/2 0.86
9 p.m. Chicago Fire (NBC) 1.1/5 7.96
Paradise Hotel (FOX) 0.3/2 1.09
Jane the Virgin (The CW) 0.2/2 0.62
10 p.m. Chicago P.D. (NBC) 1.0/5 6.73
Whiskey Cavalier (ABC) 0.4/3 2.54
10:30 p.m. Survivor (CBS) – S 0.9/4 4.64

 

Network averages:

CBS NBC ABC FOX CW
Adults 18-49 rating/share 1.2/6 1.1/6 0.5/3 0.4/2 0.3/2
Total Viewers (millions) 5.92 7.56 2.42 1.56 0.74

 

Definitions:

Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. 
Share (of Audience): 
The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. 
Time Shifted Viewing:
Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.

Source: The Nielsen Company.

Posted by:Alex Welch

Alex Welch has been writing for TV by the Numbers since January 2016. In his off time he enjoys rewatching old episodes of Game of Thrones and unironically singing along to ABBA. Every now and then, he even does them at the same time. He lives in Los Angeles.

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