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Dick Wolf’s ‘Law & Order,’ ‘Chicago’ and ‘FBI’ Franchises Bring In Winning Ratings During Fall Premiere Week

 Three of Dick Wolf is franchises Law & Order, One Chicago and FBI  were the most viewed broadcast series of their respective season premiere nights on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. Universal Television serves as the studio for each.




FBI brought in 6.8 million viewers while airing its Season 5 premiere on CBS at 8 p.m. Tuesday night, making it the most watched broadcast series of the week excluding sports programming. The Season 2 premiere of FBI International followed at 9 p.m. and was the second most watched program of the night with 5.3 million viewers. The last Wolf premiere of the night was  FBI: Most Wanted Season 4 at 10 p.m bringing in 5.1 million viewers a time period high.


Wednesday marked the return of the One Chicago franchise, which airs on NBC. The night began with the Season 8 premiere of  Chicago Med which drew in 6.6 million viewers. That number grew by slightly 9 p.m. when Chicago Fire premiered as the most-watched broadcast series of the night with 6.7 million viewers. In third place for the night with 5.5 million viewers was the premiere of the 10th season of Chicago P.D. at 10 p.m.


And on Thursday, NBC saw a crossover event linking new seasons of the Law & Order franchise. First, at 8 p.m., was Law & Order Season 22 with 4.7 million viewers, which grew to 5.5 million in time for Law & Order Special Victims Unit Season 24 at 9 p.m. At 10 p.m. was Law & Order: Organized Crime, which drew almost 5 million viewers.


Additionally, of the nine Wolf Entertainment series that returned during fall TV premiere week, seven brought in higher ratings than their most recent series finales. Those were FBI, FBI International, FBI: Most Wanted, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order Organized Crime and Chicago Med.


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