Preliminary Ratings: Wednesday 10/07/15

FOX sweeps the night, solely on the strength of the hit drama, EMPIRE. The third episode of the season collected 13 million viewers, a 4.7 rating in the A18-34 demo and a 5.5 rating in the A25-54 demo. EMPIRE grew over 125% from its ROSEWOOD lead in, in total viewers and even more in the three demo categories. ROSEWOOD continues to fall and was third in its time slot in the A18-49 demo. Episode three sets a new season/series low.

ABC edged CBS for the #2 spot of the night, in all three demos. The difference was the 9 p.m. hour as the two sitcoms topped CRIMINAL MINDS.  MODERNFAMILY was the #2 program of the night, in the demo ratings.

CODE BACK may be on life support, losing close to 30% in the A18-49, from last week's premiere, and dropped 1.8 million total viewers. Luckily, CBS has held back some of its veteran dramas and can easily swap out a PERSON OF INTEREST, if needed.

NBC was a clear 4th place network on the night, with the only bright spot being the win at 10 p.m. MYSTERIES OF LAURA tied ARROW for last place in the A18-49 demo and was a clear 5th place in the A18-34 demo. LAURA was the lowest rated show of the night in the A18-34 demo.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	6.10 million	1.1	1.8	2.4
CBS	8.20 million	0.9	1.6	2.3
CW	2.30 million	0.8	1.0	1.0
FOX	9.40 million	3.0	3.4	3.9
NBC	6.90 million	0.9	1.4	1.8

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Middle	7.20	1.1	1.9	2.6
8:30	ABC	The Goldbergs	6.60	1.1	2.1	2.7
9:00	ABC	Modern Family	7.90	1.8	2.7	3.4
9:30	ABC	Black-ish	5.90	1.1	1.9	2.5
10:00	ABC	Nashville	4.42	0.7	1.1	1.5
8:00	CBS	Survivor	9.00	1.1	2.0	2.9
9:00	CBS	Criminal Minds	8.90	1.0	1.7	2.4
10:00	CBS	Code Black	6.80	0.7	1.1	1.5
8:00	CW	Arrow (SP)	2.60	0.9	1.1	1.1
9:00	CW	Supernatural (SP)	2.00	0.7	0.9	0.9
8:00	FOX	Rosewood	5.70	1.3	1.7	2.2
9:00	FOX	Empire	13.00	4.7	5.0	5.5
8:00	NBC	Mysteries of Laura	7.10	0.6	1.1	1.5
9:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU	7.00	1.2	1.5	1.9
10:00	NBC	Chicago PD	6.50	0.9	1.5	1.9

* - in millions