NBC’s “Chicago Fire” was red hot on Thursday night in the ratings.
The Dick Wolf show, which airs in the middle of the “One Chicago” block at 9 p.m ET/PT, won the night in overall ratings and in the advertiser-loved 18-49 demographic. The series took home a 0.91 in the demo, and more than 7.1 million viewers.
In fact, all three of the Chicago shows outpaced shows on other networks making NBC No. 1 for Wednesday. “Chicago Med” at 8 p.m. ET/PT earned a 0.85 in the demo and had 7.053 million viewers, while the 10 p.m. airing gritty “Chicago P.D.” saw 6.383 million viewers, but a 0.86 in the demo.
“Survivor’s” two-hour Season 42 premiere, which saw two contestants exit, was the fourth most-watched show in viewers with 4.96 million viewers, but 0.84 in the demo, down from Season 41 last fall, which earned a 1.0 and 6 million viewers.
Fox’s “The Masked Singer” Season 7 premiere slightly eclipsed “Survivor” in the demo with 0.87, but was lower in viewers with 4.149 million. In the fall, the Season 6 premiere scored a 1.0 and 6.3 million viewers, marking a stiff drop in viewers.
After “The Masked Singer’s” premiere, “Domino Masters” fell at 9 p.m. ET/PT, seeing just 0.38 in the demo and 1.681 million viewers.
An encore performance of “FBI,” which aired at 10 p.m. after “Survivor” on CBS earned a 0.21 and 1.934 million viewers.
ABC stuck to repeats of “The Goldbergs” (0.42, 2.334 million viewers) at 8, “The Wonder Years (0.32 and 1.555 million viewers) at 8:30 and “The Conners” (0.28 and 1.755 million viewers) at 9, followed by “Home Economics” (0.21 and had 1.307 million viewers) at 9:30. “A Million Little Things,” which aired at 10 p.m. ET/PT earned a 0.23 and 1.834 million viewers.
The midseason premiere of “The Flash” on The CW saw 592,000 viewers and a 0.14 in the demo, while the premiere of “Kung Fu” Season 2 was up in viewers – 627,000 – but down in the demo with a 0.10.
We do not have Nielsen numbers for Spanish-language broadcast networks Univision and Telemundo.