Ratings: Golden Bachelorette Is Doing Abbott Zero Favors on Wednesdays

I was just skimming the latest Wednesday ratings , and... yikes. ABC's Abbott Elementary is not doing well, incongruously leading out of The Golden Bachelorette this fall.

The Golden Bachelorette is averaging 2.7 million total viewers and a 0.3 demo rating through its first five episodes. That's a far cry from the 4.7 mil/0.6 that The Golden Bachelor averaged a year ago, though 1) Bachelor aired on a different night (Thursdays) and 2) only against other reality-TV fare on CBS and Fox, due to the Hollywood strikes delaying scripted shows.

Abbott this week drew just shy of 2 million viewers along with a 0.3 demo rating, ticking down from its season opener to mark an all-time audience low and one of its smallest demo numbers to date. Last season, Abbott led out of The Conners (which averaged 3 mil and a 0.3) and then Jeopardy! Masters (4.2 mil/0.4).

The newly relocated What Would You Do? closed out ABC's Wednesday with 1.5 mil and a 0.2.

Elsewhere this Wednesday:

NBC | Chicago Med (5.4 mil/0.4), Chicago Fire (5.6 mil/0.4) and Chicago P.D. (4.8 mil/0.4) were all up in viewers, with P.D. also rising in the demo.

CBS | Survivor (4 mil/0.6) dipped in the demo week-to-week; The Summit (1/8 mil0.2) ticked down on both counts.

FOX | The Masked Singer (2.2 mil/0.4) was down, while The Floor (2.1 mil/0.3) added some eyeballs.

THE CW | Sullivan's Crossing added some eyeballs (429K) while posting its third straight 0.1 rating this season.

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