Primetime Ratings: ABC On Top With Game Shows

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ABC had the top score in Thursday ratings, with Who Wants to be a Millionaire pacing the network to the win. ABC had a 0.8 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That topped the 0.5/3s put up by CBS and Univision. 

Who Wants to be a Millionaire went up 13% to 0.9. Holey Moley posted a 0.8 and To Tell the Truth a 0.7, both flat. 

CBS had comedy reruns around Man With a Plan and Broke, which both got a 0.6. Man With a Plan stayed level and Broke picked up a tenth of a point. A SWAT repeat followed the comedies. 

On Univision it was Te Doy La Vida at 0.4 and Amor Eterno at 0.5, both down a tenth. Como Tu No Hay 2 did a flat 0.5. 

Fox, NBC and Telemundo all got a 0.3/2. Fox had Celebrity Watch Party and Labor of Love both at 0.3, Celebrity Watch flat and Labor up a tenth. 

On NBC it was Council of Dads at 0.4 and Blindspot at 0.3, both level. A Law & Order: SVU rerun followed. 

Telemundo had Cennet at 0.3 and 100 Dias Para Enamorarnos at 0.3. La Reina del Sur 2 got a 0.2. All three stayed level. 

The CW scored a 0.1/1. Burden of Truth and In the Dark both got a flat 0.1. 

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.