Entertainment (News and Ratings): 9/23 Wednesday Night Primetime’s Premiere Week!

Wednesday’s Premiere week is finally here! Yes all your favorite shows from ABC’s family comedy block to FOX’s Family Soap Opera drama Empire have return for new seasons! Not much has changed from The Big Four’s Wednesday night. ABC and NBC previous series are in the same time-slot this year. CBS has Survivor Premiering for an 1 ½ followed by The Finale of Big Brother! Next week Criminal Minds will return for its 11^th season followed by the New Series Code Black! Only FOX has a New Fall schedule for the night. New Series Rosewood “starring Morris Chestnut,” and The Return of EMPIRE will premiere this Fall!

ABC’s Wednesday Comedy Block saw better rating last season than in previous year. The Goldberg and black-ish have hold up from veteran series The Middle and Modern Family. The only show that could be in danger is Nashville.

8:00pm

The Middle - 1.8-2.2

The Middle premieres its 7^th season this year and from the looks of thing, the series will likely be around for next season if the rating stay similar to last season! The show Premiered last year with 2.0 demographic and ended off with a 1.8 for its season finale this past spring! One of ABC’s reliable shows.

8:30pm

The Goldbergs- 2.0-2.4

Last season, The Goldbergs performed way better than its season 1 ratings (thanks to the Wednesday comedy block). The show is likely to do better than The Middle because last season the ratings were higher from having early Modern Family viewers.

9:00pm

Modern Family- 2.8-3.2

Still ABC’s top scripted program based on key demographics, however the show is falling year to year. The 6^th season of Modern Family premiered with a 3.8 demo and fell to a 2.3 (series low) for it season finale. I’m thinking Modern Family could rise back in the low 3.0 based on premiere week, but we won’t see it in the mid 3.0 this season. Modern Family used to Reign Wednesdays, but now it’s first runner up (Read my FOX predictions).

9:30pm

Black-ish- 2.5 at best

Black-ish returns for its second season on ABC and I’m surprised ABC’s airing it at this timeslot because it competing with Empire. The first season ended with a 1.6 series low but since I think Modern Family will be up in the 3.0 range black-ish shouldn’t have a problem premiering in the 2.0 range.

10:00pm

Nashville- 1.3 at Best

The show finished its 3^rd season with a 1.2. Pretty low for a Big 4 network, but the show got was pretty much guaranteed a 4^th season based on syndication. If a series is renewed for a third season there is a 90% certainly that the series will be picked up for a 4^th season. Nashville escaped the cancellation bear back in season 2, but with it low ratings, this could be the last season for the series!

8:00pm

Survivor- 2.2

Survivor season/cycle premieres its 31^st season and we could see this show lasting until its 50^th season! Solid contender. Today the series usually premieres in the low 2.0 but stays consist throughout the season. No signs of cancelations and YES it’s going to last longer than American Idol and possibly The Voice too!

9:30pm

Big Brother- 1.6-2.1

Summer series will stay steady throughout the season, but could be as low as 1.6 with Empire conflictions.

NBC

8:00pm

Mysteries of Laura-

Nothing greater than a 1.1

The only freshman scripted series that got renewed from NBC (I know it pretty pathetic) not because of good rating, but for fillers. NBC needed a show to be aired on Wednesday and they happen to keep Laura on this night. Season 2 has a 13 episode order but should be reduced to 8 or less with those 0.9-1.1 ratings from last year.

9:00pm

Law and Order SVU-

Nothing Greater than a 2.0

NBC longest lasting series airs its 17^th season! Last season the show opened up with a 2.2 demo and ended the year with a 1.4. The past 2 year, SUV has premiered way above its season finale and I think SVU will premiere up from its finale, but not enough to crack 2.0! Maybe it will crack a 2.0+ with crossover episodes with the Chicago series.

10:00pm

Chicago PD- 1.8 at Best

Don’t think this show will crack a 2.0 but will be up from its previous season finale’s 1.4

8:00pm

Rosewood- It's a tough call but I’m saying 2.1+

The new series of Rosewood has the pre-Empire slot and many people want to know why? Well FOX kept Empire where it is because the network feel that Empire’s fine where it is. Throughout the summer, FOX has promoted the Rosewood through commercials, talk shows, and posters so it has a good chance of premiering in the 2.0’s. The question is will people want to watch Rosewood before Empire, or will it flop like Minority Report?

9:00pm

Empire- 7.8+

The WAIT IS OVER!!!! The Season 2 Part 1 Premiere of Empire is finally here! After a 6 month since the spring finale Empire is BACK! There’s no doubt that EMPIRE will Win the night FOX but what’s more important is will be get a weekly increase of demo from the show?

According to variety.com Advertisers bid that Empire will be the top scripted show of this season and will average a 5.5 rating based on live+SD (same Day) viewing. I agree that the show will be the top scripted show this year, but I think the average will be greater! 6.5+.

Link: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/07/21/report-advertisers-predict-the-x-files-the-catch-will-be-highest-rated-freshman-shows-of-2015-16-season/434407/

Here’s Why.

Last season, Empire’s ratings increased throughout the whole first season! It premiered at a 3.8 and ended with a 6.9 and average a 5.09 from 12 episodes! Since the Season 2 will consist of 18 episodes and split into 2 parts we might see a decline, but I think the average will be higher that what the advertisers are predicting. It’s obvious that Empire will break into the 7.0. The question is will it still increase weekly or will the premiere be its highest peak?

8:00pm

America’s Next Top Model- 0.4

Top Model will be steady at a 0.4 this week. With the other networks airing their Fall Shows, Top Model will have it tough reaching back to a 0.6 season high.