Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With NFL Bay Area Battle

Fox got the top spot in Thursday’s prime ratings, with Thursday Night Football leading the net to a 2.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 9 share. That topped the 1.2/5 that CBS scored.

Thursday Night Football featured the 49ers against the Raiders and had a 2.1 across prime, down 19% from a week ago.

CBS had The Big Bang Theory down 5% at 2.1 and Young Sheldon at a flat 1.7, then Mom was off 8% at 1.1 and Murphy Brown a level 0.8. SWAT was also level at 0.7.

ABC scored a 1.1/5 and NBC a 0.8/3. On ABC, Grey’s Anatomy got a 1.5 and Station 19 a 0.9, both shows flat. How to Get Away With Murder grew 14% to 0.8.

On NBC, Superstore slipped 11% to 0.8 and The Good Place dropped 13% to 0.7. Will & Grace slid 11% to 0.8 and I Feel Bad grew 20% to 0.6. Law & Order: SVU closed out prime at a flat 0.9.

Univision did a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/2.

The CW also scored a 0.4/2, as Supernatural and Legacies both rated a 0.4. Supernatural was flat and Legacies was up a tenth of a point. 

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.