Primetime Ratings Thursday: Growing ‘Grey’s' Guides ABC
‘Rebel’ up on ABC, ‘Sheldon’ down on CBS
ABC had the winning score in Thursday ratings, with Grey’s Anatomy gathering its usual large crowd. ABC earned a 0.7 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. In second were CBS and NBC at 0.4/3 apiece.
Station 19 got a flat 0.7 on ABC. Grey’s scored a 0.9 and Rebel a 0.5, both dramas up a tenth.
CBS had Young Sheldon down 29% to 0.5 and United States of Al off 20% to 0.4. Mom got a 0.6 and B Positive a 0.5, both up a tenth. Clarice also picked up a tenth for a 0.3.
NBC had two hours of Manifest up 25% to 0.5 and a Law & Order: SVU rerun.
Univision scored a 0.3/3. Disenando Tu Amor posted a flat 0.4 and Te Acuerdas De Mi and La Hija Embajador both scored a 0.3, Te Acuerdas down a tenth and La Hija level.
Fox and Telemundo both scored a 0.3/2. On Fox, a Name That Tune rerun led into Last Man Standing at 0.3 before Let’s Be Real got a 0.2. Both stayed level with last week.
Telemundo had Exatlon Estados Unidos, La Suerte De Loli and Buscando A Frida all at 0.3. Exatlon and Buscando stayed flat and La Suerte picked up a tenth.
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The CW tallied a 0.1/1. Walker and Legacies both got a 0.1, Walker down a tenth and Legacies level.
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.