Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With ‘Station 19’
ABC had the top score in Thursday prime, with Station 19 pacing the Alphabets to a 0.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. That squeaked by CBS’s 0.7/4.
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? shot up 60% to 0.8 on ABC and Station 19 fell 31% to 0.9. How to Get Away With Murder scored a flat 0.6.
On CBS, Young Sheldon did a 1.1 and a Man With a Plan double run a couple of 0.7s, both up a tenth. Broke got a 0.6 and Tommy rated a 0.5, those two flat.
NBC got a 0.6/3. The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation got a 1.0 and a Parks and Rec special did a 1.4. A couple Council of Dads reruns led into two fresh episodes at 0.3 apiece.
Univision scored a 0.5/3. Te Doy La Vida scored a flat 0.5 and Amor Eterno went up 20% to 0.6. Como Tu No Hay 2 did a flat 0.5.
Fox was at 0.5/2. The Last Man Standing season finale grew 17% to 0.7 and was followed by repeats.
Telemundo rated a 0.3/2. Cennet and 100 Dias Para Enamorarnos both got a 0.4. A La Reina del Sur special did a 0.3. All were flat.
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The CW posted a 0.1/0. Katy Keene and In the Dark both did a level 0.1.
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.