The Question, Wednesday 1/8/14: Will Chicago PD Arrest An Audience?

Tonight, NBC has its only scripted series premiere of 2014 before the Olympics take over, the Chicago Fire spin-off Chicago PD. I'm meh on its prospects in general, but it must be said that if NBC wants to premiere a crime show on Wednesday, this is one of the best opportunities on the calendar. CBS pre-empts its own crime dramas (for The People's Choice Awards), something that has historically helped NBC; Law and Order: SVU and ChiFi each went just over 2.0 on this night last year. That could help this pull off about the same rating as the Chicago Fire pilot 15 months ago.

Over/Under: 1.85.