Broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Wednesday, June 15, 2016
The numbers for Wednesday, featuring a steady performance from a FOX unscripted show and an uptick for an NBC drama:
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | Masterchef (FOX) | 1.2/5 | 4.20 |
| American Ninja Warrior (NBC) (8-10 p.m.) – R | 1.2/5 | 4.20 | |
| The Middle (ABC) – R | 0.9/4 | 4.17 | |
| Undercover Boss (CBS) – R | 0.7/3 | 3.97 | |
| Arrow (The CW) – R | 0.3/1 | 1.13 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | The Goldbergs (ABC) – R | 0.8/3 | 3.41 |
| 9 p.m. | Modern Family (ABC) – R | 1.1/4 | 3.87 |
| Wayward Pines (FOX) | 0.7/3 | 2.54 | |
| Criminal Minds (CBS) – R | 0.7/3 | 4.33 | |
| Supernatural (The CW) – R | 0.2/1 | 0.76 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | Black-ish (ABC) – R | 0.9/4 | 3.47 |
| 10 p.m. | The Night Shift (NBC) | 1.0/4 | 4.45 |
| Fresh Off the Boat (ABC) – R | 0.8/3 | 2.87 | |
| Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (CBS) – R | 0.7/3 | 4.28 | |
| 10:30 p.m. | The Real O’Neals (ABC) – R | 0.6/2 | 2.32 |
FOX’s “Masterchef” was the top original show on the broadcast networks Wednesday, scoring a 1.2 rating in adults 18-49. It tied with an “American Ninja Warrior” rerun for No. 1 on the night.
“The Night Shift” improved week to week for NBC, rising by a tenth of a point to 1.0. The night’s only other new episode, “Wayward Pines” on FOX, held steady with last week’s 0.7.
Network averages:
| NBC | FOX | ABC | CBS | CW | |
| Adults 18-49 rating/share | 1.1/4 | 1.0/4 | 0.9/3 | 0.7/3 | 0.2/1 |
| Total Viewers (millions) | 4.29 | 3.37 | 3.35 | 4.19 | 0.95 |
Late-night metered market ratings (adults 18-49, households):
11:35 p.m.
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”: 0.8/5, 2.7/7
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” – R: 0.5/3, 1.7/4
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”: 0.4/2, 1.8/5
12:35 a.m.
“Late Night with Seth Meyers”: 0.4/3, 1.1/4
“Nightline”: 0.3/2, 1.3/4
“The Late Late Show with James Corden”: 0.2/2, 1.0/3
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.