Final broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Only one of the night’s multiple season premiere broadcasts experienced an adjustment from Wednesday’s preliminary adults 18-49 ratings to the finals this afternoon. ABC’s “Modern Family” adjusted up from a 1.0 to a 1.1, while the rest of the night’s broadcasts held onto their initial ratings.

Upward adjustments in adults 18-49 are in blue.

Time Show Adults 18-49 rating/share Viewers (millions)
8 p.m. The Masked Singer (FOX) (8-10 p.m.) – P 2.5/12 8.02
Survivor (CBS) (8-9:30 p.m.) – P 1.3/6 6.29
Chicago Med (NBC) – P 1.0/5 7.53
The Goldbergs (ABC) – P 1.0/6 4.44
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (The CW) – R 0.2/1 0.71
8:30 p.m. Schooled (ABC) – P 0.8/4 3.41
9 p.m. Chicago Fire (NBC) – P 1.1/5 7.32
Modern Family (ABC) – P 1.1/5 4.09
Hypnotize Me (The CW) 0.1/1 0.42
9:30 p.m. Big Brother (CBS) (9:30-11 p.m.) – F 1.2/6 4.20
Single Parents (ABC) – P 0.7/4 2.82
10 p.m. Chicago P.D. (NBC) – P 1.1/6 6.49
Stumptown (ABC) – P 0.7/4 4.61

 

Network averages:

FOX CBS NBC ABC CW
Adults 18-49 rating/share 2.5/12 1.3/6 1.1/5 0.9/4 0.2/1
Total Viewers (millions) 8.02 5.24 7.11 3.87 0.57

 

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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