Ratings: CBS’ ‘Survivor,’ ‘Amazing Race’ Season Premiere Are Wednesday’s Top 2 Shows

“Empire”-led Fox settles for second as NBC and ABC load up on reruns

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“Survivor” just dominated “Empire” — and everything else — handing CBS an outright win on Wednesday. “The Amazing Race” sure didn’t mind starting its new season behind the night’s No. 1 show.

NBC aired a trio of “Chicago” drama repeats last night. ABC’s entire comedy block was reruns, though the Disney-owned broadcaster did run an original “Whiskey Cavalier” at 10.

CBS was first in ratings with a 1.1 rating/5 in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 6.1 million, according to preliminary numbers. “Survivor” at 8 p.m. posted a 1.5 and 7.8 million viewers. “The Amazing Race” season premiere at 9 landed a 1.2

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