Primetime Ratings: ‘Thursday Night Football’ Down But CBS Still Wins

CBS won the ratings title for Thursday’s prime, posting a 2.1 score in viewers 18-49, thanks to Thursday Night Football, and an 8 share. That topped ABC’s 1.3/5.

But it wasn’t a great night for the NFL. Thursday Night Kickoff fell 21% to 1.5 on CBS, then the game, the Ravens crushing the Dolphins, also dropped 21%, to 2.2.

ABC saw Grey’s Anatomy slip 10% to 1.8 and Scandal at a flat 1.1, then How to Get Away With Murder at a level 0.9.

NBC did a 1.2/5 with growth for several shows. Superstore ticked up 9% to 1.2 and The Good Place tallied a flat 1.1, then Will & Grace grew 6% to 1.8 and Great News climbed 25% to 1.0. Chicago Fire went up 9% to 1.2.

Fox was at 1.0/4, with Gotham up 13% to 0.9 and The Orville up 20% to 1.2.

Telemundo, with the Latin American Music Awards, did a 0.8/3. Univision rated a 0.5/2.

The CW did a 0.5/2, with Supernatural at a flat 0.6 and Arrow off 17% at 0.5.

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.