Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With ‘Jeopardy! GOAT’ Special
ABC won Thursday prime easily, as Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time led the net to a 1.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. In a distant second was Fox at 0.7/4.
The Jeopardy! special, featuring Brad Rutter, James Holzhauer and Ken Jennings vying for best ever, and Alex Trebek officiating, got a 2.2, down a tenth from the night before. Two hours of special Truth & Lies Jeffrey Epstein did a 1.1.
Fox had two episodes of Last Man Standing down 11% at 0.8 and Deputy at a flat 0.7.
CBS, NBC and Univision all got a 0.6/3.
CBS had Young Sheldon at a level 1.0 and The Unicorn off 14% at 0.6. Mom shot up 14% to 0.8 and Carol’s Second Act was a flat 0.6. Evil posted a flat 0.5.
On NBC it was Superstore up 17% to 0.7 and The Good Place at a level 0.6. Will & Grace got a 0.5 and Perfect Harmony a 0.4, then Law & Order: SVU a 0.6. The latter three were flat with their last new airings.
Univision had Ringo and Amor Eterno at 0.6, Ringo flat and Amor up a tenth, and El Dragon at 0.5 after last week’s 0.5 and 0.4 double run.
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Telemundo rated a 0.3/2. Decisiones posted a 0.2, La Dona a 0.3 and El Senor de los Cielos a 0.4. All three were level with last week.
The CW got a 0.1/0 with Supernatural and Legacies reruns.
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.