Yes, the fourth season premiere of FOX’s “Empire” markedly trailed the third season premiere in adults 18-49 and overall viewership.<\/p>\n
Its numbers were, however, roughly on par with those of the third season finale.<\/p>\n
The adults 18-49 rating, moreover, was the best posted by a Wednesday night program.<\/p>\n
According to fast national data posted by Showbuzz, Wednesday’s “EMPIRE” drew a 2.4 adults 18-49 rating and 6.94 million overall viewers.<\/p>\n
The third season premiere drew a much stronger 4.1 rating and 10.87 million viewer mark, but the third season finale drew a comparable 2.5 rating and 6.94 million viewer figure.<\/p>\n
Because “Empire” often receives an upward adjustment in the final report, Wednesday’s premiere may end up on par with last year’s finale in the demo and ahead in overall viewers.<\/p>\n
“Empire” was Wednesday’s #1 show in adults 18-49 and #4 show in viewers (below all three CBS shows and ABC’s “Modern Family”).<\/p>\n
— Benefiting from obvious compatibility and a crossover storyline, lead-out “STAR” fared well in the 9PM hour.<\/p>\n
It drew a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating and 5.48 million viewers.<\/p>\n
The numbers are the show’s best since the December 14, 2016 premiere (2.2, 6.71 million), which also<\/i> aired out of “Empire.”<\/p>\n
“STAR” tied “The Goldbergs” to rank as the night’s #3 program in adults 18-49. Only “Empire” and “Modern Family” (2.1) posted better demo ratings.<\/p>\n
— In terms of adults 18-49, FOX was Wednesday’s #1 network from 8-10PM ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The “Empire”-“STAR” tandem led FOX to the nightly victory in adults 18-49.","protected":false},"author":12,"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],"tags":[3406,255,7483],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n