Primetime Ratings: Fox Sets the Thursday Pace
Fox was the top scorer in Thursday prime, posting a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, alongside a 4 share. That squeaked by CBS’ 0.9/4.
Fox had the premiere of Gotham at 1.0, then a new The Orville at 1.1. Gotham finished last season at 0.9. Enjoying an NFL lead-in Sunday, the last Orville did a 2.6.
CBS had comedy repeats leading into Zoo at a flat 0.5.
NBC did a 0.8/3 with repeats of American Ninja Warrior and Chicago Fire.
Telemundo weighed in at 0.7/3, with El Señor de los Cielos posting a hefty 0.8 at 10.
ABC scored a 0.5/2 with repeats of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder.
Univision too did a 0.5/2.
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The CW tallied a 0.4/2 with Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Whose Line Is It Anyway? both at 0.4. Penn & Teller was flat and Whose Line went up 33%.
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.