Primetime Ratings: CBS and Fox Split Thursday Title
CBS and Fox were top earners in Thursday prime ratings, both posting a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, and a 5 share.
CBS had comedy reruns, then Big Brother fell 6% for a 1.5. A repeat of SWAT followed.
Fox had The Four: Battle For Stardom at a flat 0.8.
Telemundo was next at 0.6/3, as El Senor de los Cielos landed a 0.7.
NBC did a 0.5/3. An Ellen’s Game of Games repeat led into a pair of Trial & Error episodes at 0.5 and 0.4. Last week’s Trial & Error double run did a 0.6 and 0.5. A Law & Order: SVU rerun followed.
ABC was at 0.5/2. The Gong Show did a 0.5 and Match Game a 0.6, then Take Two a 0.4. All three were flat.
Univision rated a 0.3/2.
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The CW scored a 0.2/1 with repeats.
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.