Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With Broncos-Cardinals
Fox won the Thursday ratings race, as Thursday Night Football led the net to a 2.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 9 share. The game featured the Broncos versus the Cardinals. Last week’s game, Eagles-Giants, scored a 3.4.
CBS got second with a 1/2/5. NBC did a 0.9/4 and ABC a 0.8/3.
Telemundo rated a 0.5/2. The CW and Univision both scored a 0.4/2.
On CBS, The Big Bang Theory lost 9% for a 2.0 and Young Sheldon slipped 6% to a 1.7. Mom did a 1.3, Murphy Brown a 0.9 and SWAT a 0.7. All three lost a tenth of a point from last week.
On NBC, Superstore and The Good Place were both a flat 0.8. Will and Grace climbed 13% to 0.9 and I Feel Bad was a flat 0.6. Law & Order: SVU grew 11% to 1.0.
ABC was at 0.8/3. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown did a 1.1, up a tick from last year’s 1.0, and Toy Story of Terror a 0.8. Station 19 dropped 38% to a 0.8 without its Grey’s Anatomy lead in, and How to Get Away With Murder slid 13% to 0.7.
On The CW, Supernatural scored a flat 0.5 before a Charmed repeat.
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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.