Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With NFL Draft
ABC got top score in Thursday ratings, its coverage of the NFL draft leading the network to a 1.2 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That snuck by the 1.1/5 put up by CBS.
ABC had the draft coverage on throughout prime. Fox had it last year, the event doing a 1.1.
On CBS, The Big Bang Theory fell 6% to 1.7 and Young Sheldon was a flat 1.4. Mom grew 10% to 1.1 and Life in Pieces rated a 0.8, after last week’s 1.0-0.8 double run. SWAT closed out prime down 13% to 0.7.
Telemundo was next at 0.8/4, with Premios Billboard De La Musica Latina on across prime.
Fox posted a 0.6/3. The Gotham finale fell 17% to 0.5 and The Orville season closer went up 17% to 0.7.
NBC scored a 0.5/3. Superstore fell 22% to 0.7 and AP Bio dropped 20% to 0.4. Brooklyn Nine-Nine did a flat 0.5 and Abby’s slid 25% to 0.3. Law & Order: SVU rated a flat 0.7.
Univision rated a 0.4/2.
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The CW got a 0.2/1, with the Supernatural season 14 finale down 25% to 0.3 and In the Dark at a level 0.2.
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.