The results for the broadcast premiere week are in, and the second season premiere of Fox’s juggernaut Empire now stands at the series’ highest rated episode. It added a 2.7 adults 18-49 rating from Live+Same Day to Live+7 (+40%) to hit a 9.4 demo rating, edging the 9 PM episode of the Season 1 finale. (Empire had already edged the two-hour finale, now it also has pulled ahead of the highly rated second part of the closer after trailing by a tenth in Live+3).

Empire and NBC freshman drama Blindspot kept their No.1 spots from the Live+3 rankings for biggest absolute 18-49 gains in L+7 (Empire, 2.7) and total viewers (Blindspot, 5.894 million, edging Empire‘s 5.829 million). Empire also widened its advantage over No.2 Sunday Night Football to 1.2 rating.

ABC’s Nashville (2.2) also kept its top L+3 position for percentage 18-49 gain among scripted series, tying CBS’ NCIS: Los Angeles (2.2) and ABC’s Castle at +83%. (The CW’s America’s Next Top Model, 0.8 in L+7, once again was No.1 overall off a very small base, +100%)

Like in Live+3, CBS’ The Big Bang Theory (23.726 million, 6.8 in 18-49) was the most watched program of Premiere Week. Among adults 18-49, it was edged by ABC’s Modern Family (5.4 in L+7) for largest absolute gain for a comedy series (2.2 vs 2.1).

Notable freshman gainers: Fox’s Scream Queens (3.1 in L+7, up 1.4 rating, +82%), Fox’s Minority Report, which just got its order reduced (2.0 in L+7, up +0.9 rating, +82) and ABC’s Quantico (3.4, up 1.5 rating. +79%). Quantico also was the freshman series with the second largest total viewer lift behind Blindspot, 5 million.

Here are the ranking for all programs during premiere week (Sept. 21-27) in adults 18-49 and total viewers:

Adults 18-49

Program Net Live+SD Rating L+7 Rating Lift % Lift EMPIRE FOX 6.7 9.4 2.7 40% MODERN FAMILY ABC 3.2 5.4 2.2 69% BIG BANG THEORY, THE CBS 4.7 6.8 2.1 45% BLINDSPOT NBC 3.1 5.0 1.9 61% SCANDAL ABC 3.3 5.1 1.8 55% HOW TO GET AWAY W/MURDER ABC 2.6 4.3 1.7 65% GREY’S ANATOMY ABC 2.8 4.4 1.6 57% QUANTICO ABC 1.9 3.4 1.5 79% BLACK-ISH ABC 2.4 3.8 1.4 58% SCREAM QUEENS FOX 1.7 3.1 1.4 82% HEROES REBORN NBC 2.0 3.4 1.4 70% LIMITLESS CBS 1.9 3.2 1.3 68% GOLDBERGS, THE ABC 2.4 3.6 1.2 50% GOTHAM FOX 1.6 2.8 1.2 75% LAW AND ORDER:SVU NBC 1.8 3.0 1.2 67% ONCE UPON A TIME ABC 1.8 2.9 1.1 61% MUPPETS, THE ABC 2.9 4.0 1.1 38% SCORPION CBS 2.2 3.3 1.1 50% NCIS CBS 2.5 3.6 1.1 44% CASTLE ABC 1.2 2.2 1.0 83% NASHVILLE ABC 1.2 2.2 1.0 83% NCIS: LOS ANGELES CBS 1.2 2.2 1.0 83% MIDDLE, THE ABC 2.1 3.0 0.9 43% NCIS: NEW ORLEANS CBS 1.7 2.6 0.9 53% CSI – SPECIAL CBS 1.8 2.7 0.9 50% MINORITY REPORT FOX 1.1 2.0 0.9 82% LAST MAN ON EARTH FOX 1.4 2.3 0.9 64% FAMILY GUY FOX 1.5 2.4 0.9 60% VOICE NBC 3.5 4.4 0.9 26% VOICE-TUE NBC 3.5 4.4 0.9 26% SURVIVOR CBS 2.5 3.3 0.8 32% AMAZING RACE CBS 1.2 2.0 0.8 67% HAWAII FIVE-0 CBS 1.0 1.8 0.8 80% BLUE BLOODS CBS 1.3 2.1 0.8 62% LIFE IN PIECES CBS 2.6 3.4 0.8 31% BROOKLYN NINE-NINE FOX 1.5 2.3 0.8 53% SHARK TANK ABC 1.7 2.4 0.7 41% BLOOD & OIL ABC 1.4 2.1 0.7 50% FRESH OFF THE BOAT ABC 1.9 2.6 0.7 37% LAST MAN STANDING ABC 1.1 1.8 0.7 64% PLAYER NBC 1.2 1.9 0.7 58% ROSEWOOD FOX 2.4 3.0 0.6 25% SIMPSONS FOX 1.5 2.1 0.6 40% BIG BROTHER-WED CBS 2.2 2.7 0.5 23% BEST TIME EVER WITH NPH NBC 2.1 2.6 0.5 24% MYSTERIES OF LAURA NBC 1.2 1.7 0.5 42% DANCING WITH THE STARS ABC 1.8 2.2 0.4 22% DANCING W/STARS SP-9/22 ABC 1.5 1.9 0.4 27% AMERICA’S TOP MODEL-16 CW 0.4 0.8 0.4 100% BOB’S BURGERS FOX 1.2 1.6 0.4 33% DATELINE FRI NBC 1.0 1.4 0.4 40% 20/20-FRI ABC 1.3 1.6 0.3 23% 48 HOURS 9PM SPECIAL CBS 0.8 1.1 0.3 38% 48 HOURS CBS 0.9 1.2 0.3 33% MUPPETS SP-9/25, THE ABC 0.8 1.0 0.2 25% DARK SWAN RISES: FAN APPR ABC 0.7 0.8 0.1 14% CRIMETIME SATURDAY 8PM CBS 0.7 0.8 0.1 14% CBS+NFLN THU NT PRE-KICK CBS 3.3 3.4 0.1 3% 60 MINUTES CBS 2.9 3.0 0.1 3% PENN & TELLER:FOOL US CW 0.3 0.4 0.1 33% SCREAM QUEENS-SP 9/24 FOX 0.7 0.8 0.1 14% MINORITY REPORT-SP 9/25 FOX 0.7 0.8 0.1 14% ROSEWOOD-SP 9/25 9P FOX 0.5 0.6 0.1 20% NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NBC 8.1 8.2 0.1 1% SNFTBL NISSAN PRE-GAME ABC 0.6 0.6 0.0 0% SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ABC 0.7 0.7 0.0 0% CBS+NFLN THU NT KICK-OFF2 CBS 2.2 2.2 0.0 0% CBS NFL NATL POST GUN CBS 6.4 6.4 0.0 0% CBS NFL NATL POST GAME CBS 4.4 4.4 0.0 0% CBS+NFLN THU NT FOOTBALL CBS 6.0 6.0 0.0 0% FLASH CW 0.4 0.4 0.0 0% FLASH-9/22 CW 0.4 0.4 0.0 0% FLASH-9/24 CW 0.4 0.4 0.0 0% ARROW CW 0.3 0.3 0.0 0% SIGNIFICANT MOTHER CW 0.2 0.2 0.0 0% WICKED OFFER CW 0.2 0.2 0.0 0% MASTERS OF ILLUSION CW 0.4 0.4 0.0 0% PENN & TELLER:FOOL US-ENC CW 0.3 0.3 0.0 0% WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY CW 0.3 0.3 0.0 0% WHOSE LINE IS IT-ENC CW 0.3 0.3 0.0 0% FOX COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOX 1.0 1.0 0.0 0% FAMILY GUY-SP 9/27 7P FOX 0.8 0.8 0.0 0% BEST TIME EVER NPH 9/25 NBC 0.7 0.7 0.0 0% CARMICHAEL SHOW 9/26 NBC 0.4 0.4 0.0 0% FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 2 NBC 3.0 3.0 0.0 0% FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 NBC 4.4 4.4 0.0 0% SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK NBC 5.5 5.5 0.0 0% NBC PBC BOXING-PRIME NBC 0.6 0.6 0.0 0%

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