Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With a ‘Bang’

CBS won the broadcast ratings bonanza Thursday, with a 10% gain for The Big Bang Theory, which posted a 3.4. CBS did a 1.7 rating in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and a 6 share. NBC had a 1.4/5, ABC a 1.3/5, Fox a 0.7/2 and The CW a 0.6/2.

Big Bang Theory led into The Great Indoors at a flat 1.7. Mom increased 15% to 1.5 while Life in Pieces elevated 8% to 1.4. Pure Genius was a flat 0.9.

NBC had a pair of Superstores at 1.3 and 1.4; it did a 1.2 last week. Chicago Med did a 1.5, down 6%, and The Blacklist ticked up 8% to 1.4.

On ABC, Grey’s Anatomy dropped 10% to 1.9 and Notorious increased 13% to 0.9. How to Get Away With Murder was a flat 1.2.

Fox’s Rosewood shed 13% to a 0.7 while Pitch slid 22% to 0.7.

CW’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow scored a flat 0.6 and Supernatural fell 14% to 0.6.

Michael Malone

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.