Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With Cowboys-Bears

Fox won Thursday prime by a mile, as a hearty Thursday Night Football gave the network a 3.7 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 18 share. In a distant second was ABC at 0.8/4.

Fox had Cowboys versus Bears across prime.

The previous Thursday was Thanksgiving, the on-air offerings a mix of football, specials and repeats.

Two weeks ago, Thursday Night Football, with Colts versus Texans, did a 2.6 on Fox.

ABC had A Charlie Brown Christmas at 1.0 and two hours of the Same Time, Next Christmas premiere at 0.6. Charlie Brown Christmas did a 1.2 last year.

CBS got a 0.7/3 and NBC a 0.5/3. CBS had Young Sheldon at 1.1 and The Unicorn at 0.8, both comedies up a tenth of a point. Mom got a 0.8 and Carol’s Second Act a 0.6, both shows flat, then Evil fell 17% to 0.5.

NBC offered A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special at 0.6 and Making It was off a tenth at 0.4.

Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.4/2. Telemundo aired El Sultan at 0.3 and El Final Del Paraiso at 0.4, both level with the night before. El Senor de los Cielos was up a tenth at 0.5.

On Univision it was Ringo at a flat 0.5 and two hours of Mexicano Primera soccer at 0.4 and 0.3.

The CW scored a 0.3/1, with Supernatural and Legacies both up a tenth at 0.3. 

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.