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Update:<\/b> Thanks to a very favorable adjustment in the final data, ambiguity has been removed. Wednesday’s “Empire” indeed posted the series’ best overall performance to date.<\/em><\/p>\n

In addition to matching last week’s series high 5.8 adults 18-49 rating, this week’s “Empire” posted a new viewership high of 14.90 million.<\/em><\/p>\n

Following its January 7 premiere, FOX’s freshman drama has enjoyed nine consecutive weeks of viewership increases. It has suffered only one week-over-week setback in adults 18-49.<\/em><\/p>\n

FOX led into “Empire” with “American Idol” (2.4 rating, 9.71 million viewers).<\/em><\/p>\n

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The “Empire” viewership streak remains intact.<\/p>\n

For the ninth consecutive week, FOX’s buzzworthy drama enjoyed a week-over-week gain in total viewership. After reaching a series high mark of 14.33 million last week, the show this week posted a fast national viewership average of 14.73 million.<\/p>\n

“Empire” routinely receives an upward adjustment in the final ratings report, which means Wednesday’s episode might have set an even higher series high mark than 14.73 million.<\/p>\n

This week’s “Empire” did not, however, enjoy a week-over-week gain in the coveted adults 18-49 demographic. Fast national data says this week’s show drew a 5.6 rating in the key demo; last week’s broadcast posted a 5.7 in the corresponding fast national data and a 5.8 in the finals.<\/p>\n

If this week’s rating remains beneath last week’s mark in the finals, it would represent only the second such week-over-week loss for “Empire.”<\/p>\n

When one combines that statistic with the new viewership high and the fact that “Empire” is by far the top-rated program on network television, he has no reason to view this performance in a negative light. It is another winning showing for FOX’s winner of a new series.<\/p>\n

— FOX led into “Empire” with “American Idol.” Benefiting from the removal of last week’s special “The Voice” competition, “Idol” drew an improved 2.3 with 9.31 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048,437],"tags":[3406,176,255],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\nRatings: FOX's "Empire" Holds in Demo, Rises in Total Viewership (Updated)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Update: Thanks to a very favorable adjustment in the final data, ambiguity has been removed. 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