Broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015.
The numbers for Wednesday:
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (000s) |
| 8 p.m. | Survivor (CBS) (8-10 p.m.) – Finale | 2.2/8 | 9.53 |
| The Middle (ABC) – R | 1.3/5 | 5.73 | |
| Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas (NBC) – S | 0.8/3 | 3.08 | |
| Empire (FOX) – R | 0.7/3 | 2.76 | |
| Arrow (The CW) – R | 0.3/1 | 1.16 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | The Goldbergs (ABC) – R | 1.3/5 | 4.73 |
| 9 p.m. | Modern Family (ABC) – R | 1.4/5 | 4.81 |
| Law & Order: SVU (NBC) – R | 0.7/3 | 3.51 | |
| Rosewood (FOX) – R | 0.6/2 | 2.77 | |
| Supernatural (The CW) – R | 0.3/1 | 0.95 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | Black-ish (ABC) – R | 1.2/4 | 4.00 |
| 10 p.m. | Survivor Reunion (CBS) – S | 1.7/6 | 6.79 |
| Chicago PD (NBC) – R | 0.9/3 | 4.59 | |
| Nashville: On the Record 3 (ABC) – S | 0.4/2 | 2.51 |
The “Survivor” season finale was pretty much the only game in town Wednesday as the other broadcast networks went with repeats and a couple of specials. Nonetheless, “Survivor” recorded its lowest-rated finale ever.
The 2.2 rating in adults 18-49 for the two-hour finale was a tenth lower than the 2.3 for the “Worlds Apart” finale in May. Last fall’s installment ended with a 2.4.
The half-hour breakdown for “Survivor” was 2.1, 2.3, 2.2, 2.3, for an average of 2.23. The finale ended at 10:15 p.m. ET, so there may be some adjustments in the finals, which will determine if it set a new low for a finale or merely tied last spring’s mark.
Network averages:
| CBS | ABC | NBC | FOX | CW | |
| Adults 18-49 rating/share | 2.1/7 | 1.0/3 | 0.8/3 | 0.6/2 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (000s) | 8.62 | 4.04 | 3.73 | 2.77 | 1.06 |
Late-night metered market results (adults 18-49, households):
11:35 p.m.
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”: 1.0/5, 2.7/7
“Jimmy Kimmel Live”: 0.6/3, 2.3/6
“Late Show with Stephen Colbert”: 0.4/2, 1.8/5
12:35 a.m.
“Late Night with Seth Meyers”: 0.5/3, 1.3/5
“Nightline”: 0.4/3, 1.5/5
“Late Late Show with James Corden”: 0.3/2, 0.9/3
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.
