Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With Chargers-Chiefs
Fox won big in Thursday prime ratings thanks to Thursday Night Football, Chargers versus Chiefs leading to a 3.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 14 share. That walloped runner-up CBS at 0.8/4.
Fox’s 3.3 was a 57% gain over last week’s Thursday Night Football, which featured so-so teams and a lopsided game.
On CBS, a couple comedy reruns led into a new Mom at a level 1.2 and Murphy Brown down 13% for a 0.7. A SWAT repeat finished up prime.
ABC was at 0.6/3 and NBC at 0.5/2. On ABC, Disney’s Prep & Landing special did a 0.7 and The Great American Baking Show slid 14% to 0.6 from 8 to 10 p.m.
On NBC, Superstore lost 22% for a 0.7 and I Feel Bad rated a flat 0.4. A rerun of A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special 9 to 11 closed out prime.
Univision also did a 0.5/2.
The CW and Telemundo were both at 0.4/2. On The CW, Supernatural did a 0.4 and Legacies a 0.3, both shows down a tenth of a point.
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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.