Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Strong ‘Don’t’ Start
Adam Scott hosts offbeat game show
ABC had the winning score in Thursday primetime, with a strong start for game show Don’t leading the network. ABC did a 0.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat the 0.5/3s that CBS and Univision rated.
Holey Moley got a flat 0.7 on ABC and Don’t, hosted by Adam Scott, a 0.9. To Tell the Truth shot up 17% to 0.7.
CBS had the finale of Man With a Plan at a flat 0.6, with reruns of Young Sheldon and Mom on either side. Broke got a level 0.5 and a SWAT repeat closed out prime.
On Univision it was Te Doy La Vida down 20% to 0.4 and Amor Eterno at a flat 0.5. Como Tu No Hay 2 grew 25% to 0.5.
Fox, NBC and Telemundo all scored a 0.3/2. Fox had Celebrity Watch Party at a level 0.4 and Labor of Love up 50% to 0.3.
NBC had Council of Dads at 0.3 and Blindspot at 0.2, both off a tenth, then a Law & Order: SVU rerun.
On Telemundo it was Cennet and 100 Dias Para Enamorarnos at 0.3 and La Reina del Sur 2 at 0.2. All three were flat.
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The CW got a 0.1/1. Burden of Truth and In the Dark both rated a flat 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.