Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With Comedies

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CBS took the ratings crown Thursday, its comedies leading the network to a 1.3 score in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That got by NBC’s 1.0/4.

After a Big Bang Theory repeat, a new Young Sheldon lost 15% for a 1.7 and Mom did a flat 1.4, then Life in Pieces a level 1.1. Drama SWAT grew 10% to a 1.1.

On NBC, a double shot of Great News rated a 0.5 and a 0.4. It did a 0.7 in its last airing. A Saturday Night Live Christmas rated a 1.1 from 9 to 11 p.m.

ABC scored a 0.9/4. A Charlie Brown Christmas rated a 1.3 and CMA Country Christmas a 0.7.

Univision was at 0.5/2 and Telemundo at 0.3/1.

Fox did a 0.3/1 with repeats of Gotham and The Orville.

The CW rated a 0.2/1 with repeats of Supernatural and Arrow.

Michael Malone
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.