Survivor ratings: Ghost Island premiere tops the night

Ghost Island continued the trend of Survivor ratings being the dominant force for Wednesday nights, as the Survivor Ghost Island premiere thrived.

Survivor Ghost Islandentered its season on a bit of uncertainty. Fans of the show were getting tired of the outrageous number of advantages and idols found and played throughout the previous season, as well as a Final Four twist that fundamentally changed the flow of the game in untold ways. Thankfully, it’s hard to wear down the faithful audience of fans, as Wednesday night proved.

TV By The Numbershas posted the Wednesday, February 28 final Nielsen ratings, revealing thatSurvivor Ghost Islandled the night in all categories. Its 8.19 million viewers were better than the second-placeChicago PDwith 6.09 million viewers. Meanwhile, its 1.7/7 ratings/share split marked a better performance in the key demographic than anything else on the night. The only show to come close was9-1-1on FOX with 1.5/6.

In no uncertain terms, it means that theSurvivorratings heading into the 36th season of the show are so good that nothing else can come close right now. OnceEmpirereturns around late March, then we may see some legitimate competition. Even then, its ratings have slipped in comparison toSurvivor.

One reasonGhost Islandreturned to such a strong performance could be due to the fact that it’s a two-hour episode. In theory, that’s supposed to give fans a better perspective of all the castaways, as last season’sHeroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlersdebut was just an hour short; the first time CBS has done that sinceOne World.In practice, four players received zero confessionals, and two players had almost nothing to say!

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That could also be why theSurvivorratings for the premieredeclined after each half-hour; the season’s theme didn’t grab people in. It will be interesting to see how things fare next week with a tribe swap coming.

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