“Empire” may be trending downward these days, but the Fox soap is still pulling mega ratings numbers and crushing its Wednesday competition.
On Wednesday night, the Lee Daniels hip-hop drama dipped 8 percent from the prior week, following an 18 percent slide from lead-in “Rosewood.” Fox still easily topped both the key 18-49 demographic and total viewer tallies.
Fox was first in ratings with a 3.0 rating/10 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 8.6 million, according to preliminary numbers. “Rosewood” at 8 p.m. had a 1.4/5 and 5 million viewers. “Empire” at 9 posted a 4.6/14