Ratings: Carol Burnett Special Easily Draws Wednesday's Largest Crowd

In the latest TV ratings, CBS' Survivor dominated Wednesday in the demo, while NBC's birthday party for Carol Burnett easily drew the night's biggest audience.[pmc_inline_gallery]

CBS | Survivor (with 5.1 million total viewers and a 0.7 rating, read recap and exit Q&A) dipped week-to-week, as did "bubble" drama True Lies (2.7 mil/0.2).

NBC | Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love averaged 7.3 million viewers, but just a 0.4 demo rating.

THE CW | The Flash (547K/0.1, TVLine reader grade "A") rose to its fourth-best audience of the season (read what Stephen Amell nixed about Oliver's return), whereas Riverdale (190K/0.0) slipped to a new audience low.

FOX | The Masked Singer (3.2 mil/0.5) and Farmer Wants a Wife (2.2 mil/0.3) were both pretty steady.

ABC | The Conners (3.2 mil/0.4), The Goldbergs (2 mi/0.3) and Not Dead Yet (1.6 mi/0.3) all drew audience lows and matched demo lows. A Million Little Tear-Soaked Kleenex Things (1.7 mil/0.2, read recap), however, was steady.

Want scoop on any of the above shows? Email InsideLine@tvline.com and your question may be answered via Matt's Inside Line.The Live+Same Day numbers reported in our ratings column do not reflect a show's overall performance, given the increased use of delayed playback via DVR and streaming platforms, plus out-of-home viewing. These numbers (Nielsen fast nationals, unless denoted as finals) instead aim to simply illustrate trends or superlatives. This is only an exhibition, this is not a competition. Please, no wagering.