Empire ratings RISE in the freshman musical drama’s 2nd week. A remarkable feat, as that rarely happens. Most new shows drop in the vicinity of 10 to 20 percent in the overnights in week two. FOX has a bonafide hit on their hands.
American Idol dropped vs last week. I expect the show will at least retain their numbers tonight. Idol 2 hour shows always fare better in the ratings. Next week, however, Idol cuts back to 1 hour on Thursdays.
Remarkably, Empire seems to be completely unaffected by its lead in. At this point, Idol could probably benefit if it moved to 9 pm AFTER Empire.
Via TVByTheNumbers
On FOX, American Idol earned a 2.9, down three tenths from last week’s 3.2 adults 18-49 premiere rating. Empire scored a 4.0, up two tenths from the 3.8 last week’s premiere earned.
8:00PM
FOX American Idol 2.9 9 10.66
ABC The Middle 2.2 7 7.83
CBS The Mentalist 1.3 4 9.36
NBC The Mysteries of Laura 1.1 3 6.30
CW Arrow -R 0.2 1 0.84
tvbythenumbers.com
8:30PMABC The Goldbergs 2.3 7 7.18
9:00PM
FOX Empire 4.0 12 10.29
ABC Modern Family 3.0 9 9.35
CBS Criminal Minds 2.2 6 10.17
NBC Law And Order: SVU 1.4 4 6.80
CW The Flash -R 0.2 1 0.939:30PM
ABC black-ish 2.0 6 6.60
10:00PM
NBC Chicago PD 1.5 5 6.70
CBS Stalker 1.5 5 7.78
ABC Forever -R 0.7 2 3.22
