Primetime Ratings Thursday: Fox on Top With NFL
Tina Fey hosts Broadway special ‘One Night Only’ on NBC
Fox won the Thursday ratings battle, thanks to Thursday Night Football. Fox posted a 2.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 14 share. Well behind was ABC at 0.8/5.
Fox had the Patriots versus the Rams across prime. The last Thursday Night Football, Cardinals-Seahawks, got a 2.6.
ABC had Station 19 at a flat 0.8 and Grey’s Anatomy at 1.1, then A Million Little Things at 0.5, the latter two both down a tenth of a point.
NBC scored a 0.4/3 and Univision a 0.4/2. NBC had specials One Night Only: The Best of Broadway at 0.5 from 8 to 10 and Time Person of the Year at 0.3. Tina Fey hosted One Night Only.
On Univision it was Vencer El Desamor at a flat 0.5 and Liga MX soccer at 0.3.
CBS and Telemundo both rated a 0.3/2. CBS had comedy reruns and Star Trek: Discovery at a level 0.2.
On Telemundo it was El Domo del Dinero down 33% to 0.2. Todo Por Mi Hija got a 0.4, then Falsa Identidad a 0.3, those two flat.
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The CW got a 0.1/0 with special Silent Night: A Song For the World across its prime.
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.