Primetime Ratings: Drama Growth Paces ABC to Win

ABC won the ratings race Thursday, putting up a 1.3 in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and a 5 share. Grey’s Anatomy did a flat 1.7, Scandal grew 8% to 1.4 and The Catch went up 17% to 0.7. 

CBS was next at 1.2/5, as Big Bang Theory did a 2.4, The Great Indoors a 1.2, Mom a 1.3 and Life in Pieces a 1.1; all were level with their last original airings. The Amazing Race then did a 0.7, down from a 0.9 and 0.8 double hour last week. 

NBC rated a 0.8/3. A new Superstore slipped 11% to 0.8, Chicago Med did a flat 1.0 and Blacklist a 0.8. Two hours of Blacklist the week before did a 0.9 and 0.8. 

Fox scored a 0.6/2. MasterChef Junior fell 30% to 0.7, and Kicking and Screaming slid 17% to 0.5. 

The CW weighed in at 0.4/1, with Supernatural at 0.5 and Riverdale at 0.3, both flat. 

Among Spanish-language nets, Telemundo had a 0.8/3 and Univision a 0.6/2. 

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.