Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With Strong ‘TNF’
Fox scored top prize in Thursday ratings, as Thursday Night Football led to a winning 2.6 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 11 share. In second was CBS at 1.2/5.
Fox had the Dolphins versus the Texans across prime. Last week’s game did a 2.1.
On CBS, The Big Bang Theory grew 5% to 2.2 and Young Sheldon was a flat 1.7. Mom did a 1.2 and Murphy Brown a 0.8, both off a tenth of a point. SWAT closed out prime at a flat 0.7.
ABC did a 1.0/4 and NBC a 0.8/3.
Telemundo had a 0.8/3 thanks to the Latin American Music Awards.
The CW rated a 0.3/1.
On ABC, Grey’s Anatomy did a flat 1.5 and Station 19 climbed 19% to 0.9. How to Get Away With Murder rated a level 0.7.
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NBC had Superstore up 13% for a 0.9 and The Good Place at a flat 0.8. Will & Grace was a flat 0.9 and I Feel Bad slipped 17% to 0.5, before Law & Order: SVU lost 10% for a 0.9.
The CW had Supernatural and the Legacies premiere at 0.3. Supernatural did a 0.5 last week.
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.