Schedules Plus: Network Averages on Wednesday

This is a compilation of all the broadcast networks' Schedules Plus averages on Wednesday, providing a look at how the network race has evolved over time on this night. These averages come directly from the night's Schedules Plus posts, which are linked in the table headers below. As with the individual Schedules Plus, it is important to keep in mind that these are not averages of every single thing that aired on the network, but just the most frequent occupant in each timeslot in each section of the year. See the Schedules Plus primer for more. The 'Avg' column and the charts cover only ratings for the big four networks.

Full-Fall

Year	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	UPN	WB	Avg
1999-00	113	68	106	75	42	36	91
2000-01	105	60	121	69	44	45	89
2001-02	95	69	140	90	60	43	98
2002-03	115	68	115	77	39	51	93
2003-04	105	69	105	103	31	56	95
2004-05	120	88	82	81	40		40	93
2005-06	118	93	73	75	31		31	90
2006-07	129	102	84	72	52		52	97
2007-08	104	96	88	80	52		52	92
2008-09	70	101	63	77	46		46	78
2009-10	83	103	69	101	37		37	89
2010-11	91	121	80	86	43		43	95
2011-12	126	132	66	163	28		28	122
2012-13	113	125	76	134	47		47	112
2013-14	107	122	74	92	40		40	99
2014-15	122	119	86	67	45		45	99
2015-16	116	118	97	197	57		57	132
2016-17	127	115	99	176	37		37	129
2017-18	103	114	103	143	32		32	116
2018-19	104	109	122	127	30		30	116
2019-20	85	100	138	153	22		22	119
2020-21	78	83	69	206	13		13	109
2021-22	75	116	147	133	17		17	118
2022-23	86	114	136	108	16		16	111
AVERAGES:	104	100	98	112	36		36	103

Fall

Year	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	UPN	WB	Avg
1999-00	114	68	108	76	44	40	92
2000-01	110	69	121	69	45	47	92
2001-02	101	71	146	93	71	44	103
2002-03	119	69	121	77	44	54	96
2003-04	110	68	111	92	33	64	95
2004-05	120	97	87	77	46		46	95
2005-06	138	97	74	75	33		33	96
2006-07	131	115	85	66	54		54	99
2007-08	104	101	93	81	53		53	95
2008-09	70	109	67	78	46		46	81
2009-10	82	107	72	101	37		37	91
2010-11	98	123	81	86	43		43	97
2011-12	141	137	68	163	28		28	127
2012-13	125	129	76	134	49		49	116
2013-14	116	124	78	92	45		45	103
2014-15	128	124	95	67	46		46	104
2015-16	125	116	97	219	61		61	139
2016-17	140	118	109	205	43		43	143
2017-18	112	119	103	149	36		36	121
2018-19	110	109	127	143	36		36	122
2019-20	89	100	136	158	26		26	121
2020-21	87	85	69	206	13		13	112
2021-22	81	116	148	133	16		16	119
2022-23	88	114	147	108	16		16	114
AVERAGES:	110	104	101	114	38		38	107

Winter

Year	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	UPN	WB	Avg
1999-00	116	72	108	69	44	30	91
2000-01	104	52	128	148	40	36	108
2001-02	83	56	141	97	51	39	94
2002-03	131	76	111	143	37	41	115
2003-04	101	72	98	157	34	50	107
2004-05	129	85	78	151	39		39	111
2005-06	108	89	80	211	29		29	122
2006-07	90	89	69	342	39		39	148
2007-08	73	73	84	280	26		26	128
2008-09	95	93	61	242	18		18	123
2009-10	83	105	66	197	13		13	113
2010-11	100	83	73	335	29		29	148
2011-12	126	128	59	250	22		22	140
2012-13	111	119	80	224	46		46	133
2013-14	99	120	87	184	38		38	123
2014-15	125	94	82	226	49		49	132
2015-16	117	109	104	128	59		59	115
2016-17	125	95	102	108	39		39	107
2017-18	103	99	109	121	30		30	108
2018-19	92	85	128	192	30		30	124
2019-20	78	81	134	183	20		20	119
2020-21	70	70	146	95	18		18	96
2021-22	81	100	156	82	19		19	105
2022-23	82	94	144	82	19		19	101
AVERAGES:	101	89	101	177	31		31	117

Spring

Year	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	UPN	WB	Avg
1999-00	119	65	102	96	39	34	95
2000-01	91	52	128	95	47	42	92
2001-02	72	73	126	69	46	43	85
2002-03	108	56	103	161	33	54	107
2003-04	101	63	99	153	30	53	104
2004-05	105	75	85	146	34		34	103
2005-06	98	93	94	152	23		23	109
2006-07	84	85	56	189	54		54	103
2007-08	61	89	73	179	44		44	101
2008-09	86	96	53	189	37		37	106
2009-10	79	89	64	159	33		33	98
2010-11	87	115	60	243	27		27	126
2011-12	105	120	53	209	28		28	122
2012-13	98	119	75	155	45		45	112
2013-14	95	118	79	110	37		37	100
2014-15	112	113	78	93	47		47	99
2015-16	105	119	81	176	50		50	120
2016-17	107	106	88	129	35		35	107
2017-18	89	105	98	137	34		34	107
2018-19	86	106	110	111	27		27	103
2019-20	84	115	149	198	18		18	136
2020-21	67	69	134	140	19		19	103
2021-22	65	91	138	101	19		19	99
2022-23	79	92	114	97	16		16	95
AVERAGES:	91	93	93	145	33		33	106