Empire Ratings Rise Continues for a 7th Week, American Idol Dips

EMPIRE: Hakeem (Bryshere Gray, L) and Cookie (Taraji P. Henson, R) share a moment in the "The Lyon's Roar" episode of EMPIRE airing Wednesday, Feb. 25 (9:01-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.  ©2015 Fox Broadcasting Co CR: Chuck Hodes/FOX
Empire’s success makes Cookie SO HAPPY!

UPDATE: Empire, American Idol, Arrow and Survivor were each adjusted up a tenth while black-ish, Nashville and The 100 were each adjusted down a tenth among adults 18-49 versus the preliminary Wednesday broadcast ratings. Via TVByTheNumbers

There’s no stopping Empire. The FOX freshman musical drama rises for the SEVENTH consecutive week, setting another series hight. American Idol fell 2/10ths, but will likely rise a 1/10th when the finals are released later today. It actually BEAT the Survivor premiere, which is down a bit from last spring’s cycle. Amazing Race matched last spring’s premiere.

VIA TVByTheNumbers

On FOX, American Idol earned a 2.6, down two tenths from last week’s 2.8 adults 18-49 rating. Empire earned a 5.3, up a tenth from last week’s 5.2 adults 18-49 rating, rising again for the seventh consecutive week and setting yet another series high. Empire’s Live + Same Day rating this week is the highest of any regular broadcast drama since Grey’s Anatomy in September 2010. In addition, Empire has grown more than any other new broadcast drama in over a decade (since House in 2004).

On CBS, the ninety minute premiere of Survivor earned a 2.3 adults 18-49 rating. Last spring’s cycle premiered to a 2.4 adults 18-49 rating. The season premiere of The Amazing Race earned a 1.5 adults 18-49 rating, matching last spring’s premiere (when it aired on a Sunday).

Nashville notched a 1.4, up a tenth from last week’s 1.3 adults 18-49 rating.

8:00PM

FOX American Idol 2.6 8 10.18
CBS Survivor (8-9:30) 2.3 7 9.88
ABC The Middle 2.0 7 7.39
NBC The Mysteries of Laura 1.4 4 7.65
CW Arrow 1.0 3 2.90

8:30PM

ABC

The Goldbergs 2.5 8 7.46

9:00PM

FOX Empire 5.3 15 13.75
ABC Modern Family 3.4 10 9.30
NBC Law And Order: SVU 1.6 4 7.69
CW The 100 0.6 2 1.79

9:30PM

ABC black-ish 2.3 6 6.72
CBS The Amazing Race (9:30-11) 1.5 4 6.06

10:00PM

NBC Chicago PD 1.5 5 7.35
ABC Nashville 1.4 4 4.88

Half Hour Breakdown by Marc Berman

8:00 p.m.

ABC – The Middle
Viewers: 7.39 million (#4), A18-49: 2.0/ 7 (#3)

CBS – Survivor (season premiere)
Viewers: 9.88 million (#1), A18-49: 2.3/ 8 (#2)

NBC – The Mysteries of Laura (with guest star Eric McCormack)
Viewers: 7.61 million (#3), A18-49: 1.4/ 5 (#4)

Fox – American Idol
Viewers: 9.62 million (#2), A18-49: 2.5/ 8 (#1)

CW – The Flash
Viewers: 2.93 million (#5), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#5)

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8:30 p.m.

ABC – The Goldbergs
Viewers: 7.46 million (#4), A18-49: 2.5/ 8 (#2)

CBS – Survivor (season premiere)
Viewers: 9.79 million (#2), A18-49: 2.3/ 7 (#2)

NBC – The Mysteries of Laura (with guest star Eric McCormack)
Viewers: 7.67 million (#3), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#4)

Fox – American Idol
Viewers: 10.74 million (#1), A18-49: 2.8/ 8 (#1)

CW – The Flash
Viewers: 2.80 million (#5), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#5)

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9:00 p.m.

ABC – Modern Family
Viewers: 9.30 million (#3), A18-49: 3.4/10 (#2)

CBS – Survivor (season premiere)
Viewers: 9.98 million (#2), A18-49: 2.4/ 7 (#3)

NBC – Law & Order: SVU
Viewers: 7.44 million (#4), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#4)

Fox – Empire
Viewers: 13.53 million (#1), A18-49: 5.2/15 (#1)

CW – The 100
Viewers: 1.86 million (#5), A18-49: 0.6/ 2 (#5)

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9:30 p.m.

ABC – black-ish
Viewers: 6.72 million (#3), A18-49: 2.3/ 6 (#2)

CBS – The Amazing Race (season premiere)
Viewers: 6.47 million (#4), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#4)

NBC – Law & Order: SVU
Viewers: 7.95 million (#2), A18-49: 1.6/ 4 (#3)

Fox – Empire
Viewers: 13.98 million (#1), A18-49: 5.4/15 (#1)

CW – The 100
Viewers: 1.72 million (#5), A18-49: 0.5/ 2 (#5)

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10:00 p.m.

ABC – Nashville
Viewers: 5.06 million (#3), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#1t)

CBS – The Amazing Race (season premiere)
Viewers: 6.03 million (#2), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#1t)

NBC – Chicago PD
Viewers: 7.32 million (#3), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#1t)

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10:30 p.m.

ABC – Nashville
Viewers: 4.69 million (#3), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#3)

CBS – The Amazing Race (season premiere)
Viewers: 5.68 million (#2), A18-49: 1.4/ 5 (#2)

NBC – Chicago PD
Viewers: 7.37 million (#1), A18-49: 1.5/ 5 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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