Primetime Ratings: ‘Grey’s’ Leads ABC to Victory
ABC won Thursday prime among the broadcast nets, with Grey’s Anatomy leading the Alphabets to a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat the 0.7/4 that CBS posted.
ABC had Station 19 at a level 1.0 and Grey’s fell 8% to 1.2. A Million Little Things got a flat 0.6.
CBS had comedies. Young Sheldon led with a 1.1, which was up 22%, and The Unicorn went up 17% to 0.7. Mom did a 0.8 and the Carol’s Second Act finale scored a 0.7, both ticking up a tenth. Drama Tommy posted a flat 0.5.
Fox did a 0.6/3 and NBC a 0.5/3. Fox had Last Man Standing at 0.6 and Outmatched at 0.5, both comedies flat, then Deputy grew 20% to 0.6.
NBC started with a Superstore rerun, then Brooklyn Nine-Nine got a flat 0.6. Will & Grace rated a level 0.5 and Indebted shot up 33% to 0.4. A Law & Order: SVU repeat closed out prime.
Telemundo and Univision both got a 0.4/2. Telemundo had Exatlon Estados Unidos at a flat 0.5 and La Dona and Operacion Pacifico at 0.3s. La Dona lost a tenth and Operacion was flat.
On Univision, it was Ringo and Amor Eterno at 0.5s and Sin Miedo a la Verdad at 0.4, all three level with last week.
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The CW scored a 0.1/1. Katy Keene got a 0.1 and Legacies a 0.2, both flat.
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.