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The analysis below is based on the early household numbers and are NOT the same as the numbers that will be posted in the above table later. (See the About section below)Household Rating/ShareFox: 5.0 rating/8 share, CBS: 4.3/ 7, ABC: 4.0/ 7, NBC: 3.7/ 6, CW: 1.4/ 2Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:ABC: – 7, CBS: – 9, Fox: -19, NBC: -20, CW: -22—–Ratings Breakdown:“Empire” topped the Wednesday overnights as usual, with a 6.8 rating/11 share in households at 9 p.m. Comparably, that was 106 percent above the 3.3/ 5 (#3) for lead-in “Rosewood” at 8 p.m., which benefits by the pre-tune-in for “Empire.” The two dramas, on average, gave dominant Fox a seven-tenth of a household rating point lead over second-place CBS.The second-to-last episode of “Survivor,” which concludes next Wednesday with a two-hour installment followed by the live reunion show, led the 8 p.m. hour with a 5.6/10 in the household overnights. Comparably, this was on par with the year-ago evening.“Survivor” led into a 9 p.m. installment of on-the-fence “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” at a fourth-place 3.7/ 6. Comparably, that trailed the week-ago season-finale of parent “Criminal Minds” (5.2/ 8 on May 4) by 29 percent and it was 10 percent below competing “Law & Order: SVU” on NBC (#3: 4.1/ 7). This will certainly not bode well for renewal.The regularly scheduled Wednesday 10 p.m. edition of “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” finished second also with a 3.7/ 6, which was 16 percent below dominant “Chicago PD” on NBC (4.4/ 8). Third in the time period was ABC’s “Nashville” at a 3.0/ 5.Earlier in the evening on NBC was waiting-to-be canceled medical drama “Heartbeat” at a fourth-place 2.7/ 4 at 8 p.m.Elsewhere, ABC was at typical Wednesday overnight levels care of 8-10 p.m. sitcoms “The Middle” (#2: 4.7/ 8), “The Goldbergs” (#2: 4.4/ 7), “Modern Family” (#2: 5.1/ 8) and “black-ish” (#3: 3.7/ 6) and perennially low-rated drama “Nashville” (#3: 3.0/ 5 at 10 p.m.), which is likely to get 13-finale episodes for next season. The CW, meanwhile, featured “Arrow” (#5: 1./6 3) and “Supernatural” (#5: 1.2/ 2), which heads into season 12 next season.Source: Nielsen Media Research