Primetime Ratings: ‘Big Bang’ Leads CBS to Big Win
CBS got top score in Thursday prime ratings, as its veteran comedies led the net to a 1.4 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That beat the 1.1/5 that ABC put up.
NBC did a 0.9/4, Fox a 0.7/3 and Univision a 0.5/2.
Telemundo rated a 0.4/2 and The CW a 0.3/2.
CBS had The Big Bang Theory up 4% at 2.4 and Young Sheldon grew 12% to 1.9. Mom got a level 1.3 and Fam a 1.0, after last week’s 1.0 and 0.8 double run. SWAT did a flat 0.9.
ABC had Grey’s Anatomy north 6% to 1.7 and A Million Little Things at a flat 1.1. How to Get Away With Murder did a level 0.6.
On NBC, The Titan Games fell 8% to 1.1. Brooklyn Nine-Nine dropped 20% to 0.8 and Will & Grace was up a tenth at 0.8. Law & Order: SVU did a level 0.9.
Fox had Gotham up a tenth at 0.7 and The Orville at a flat 0.7.
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On The CW, Supernatural got a 0.4 and Legacies a 0.3, both shows flat.
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.