Primetime Ratings: ‘Disney Family Singalong’ Pops on ABC
ABC won the Thursday prime battle, stay-at-home special The Disney Family Singalong pacing the network to a 1.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That blew away runner-up CBS at 0.7/4.
The Disney Family Singalong, hosted by Ryan Seacrest, got a noisy 2.6. Station 19 scored a 1.3 and How to Get Away With Murder a 0.6, those two flat.
CBS had Young Sheldon down 23% at 1.0 and Man With a Plan at 0.7, virtually level with last week’s 0.8 and 0.7 double run. Mom slid 20% to 0.8 and Broke posted a flat 0.7. Tommy dropped 17% to 0.5.
NBC did a 0.6/3. A Superstore rerun led into Brooklyn Nine Nine at 0.6 and Will & Grace at 0.6, both flat. Indebted went up 33% to 0.4 and Law & Order: SVU also climbed 33% to 0.8.
Univision was next at 0.5/3. Te Doy La Vida fell 17% to 0.5 and Amor Eterno notched a flat 0.6. Sin Miedo a la Verdad did a level 0.4.
Fox posted a 0.5/2. Last Man Standing rated a level 0.6 and was followed by a Last Man repeat, then a Mental Samurai rerun.
Telemundo scored a 0.4/2. Cennet got a 0.4 and La Dona a 0.4. Operacion Pacifico did a 0.3. All three were flat.
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The CW weighed in at 0.1/0. Katy Keene got a flat 0.1, as did the season premiere of In the Dark. The series premiere of In the Dark got a 0.2 a year ago.
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.