With Empire still leading as the top watched show on Wednesday nights, with 11.33 million viewers and a 4.2/14 rating amongst 18-34 year olds, and with Survivor on air the same night (Surviver has been having a constant rating within the 9.0 range), Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders has been up against some real competition.  Tvbythenumbers.com explained that Empire and American Idol were the only shows that went up by a tenth in ratings, while Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders suffered against the competition between Empire and American Idol’s closing episode.

American Idol’s performance on FOX went up to 2.2 from a 2.1 rating for adults between 18-34. Empire’s ratings still beat out all of the other shows ratings that aired on Wednesday, even though its 4.2 rating for 18-34 was a 0.6 drop from its 12.5 percent rating when it first returned. As a result, Empire’s leading ratings among 18-34 year olds made FOX’s channel the #1 watched channel on Wednesday with an average rating for 18-34 year olds of 3.2/11. CBS’s channel with Survivor and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders were the third most watched shows, with an average rating among 18-34 year olds of 1.4/5. Overall, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders dropped by a tenth with a 1.2/4 with 6.94 viewers.

Though Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders saw their 18-34 year old rating drop by a tenth yet again, the reviews from IMBD are actually becoming more positive. When the show first premiered, it had a 5.7/10 rating, but now has a 5/8/10 rating. Their social media is still affective, but has focused more on posting Youtube videos from their Youtube channel onto their Twitter account (which has 739 subscribers now) of show sneak peaks, and cast interviews doing co-interviews with casts from the original Criminal Minds.