Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Potent ‘Grey’s’
ABC won Thursday prime ratings, Grey’s Anatomy leading the Alphabets to a 1.2 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That beat NBC’s 0.8/4.
Ratings continue to go up with people staying home amidst the coronavirus.
ABC had Station 19 up 30% to 1.3 and Grey’s up 25% to 1.5. A Million Little Things shot up 17% to 0.7.
On NBC it was Superstore up 50% to 0.9 and Brooklyn Nine Nine up 17% for a 0.7. Will & Grace shot up 40% to 0.7 and Indebted was 25% higher for a 0.5. A coronavirus-related news special scored a 0.9.
Fox rated a 0.7/3 and CBS a 0.6/3. Fox had Last Man Standing up 33% to 0.8 and Outmatched grew 20% to 0.6. Deputy scored a flat 0.6.
CBS had reruns across prime.
Univision did a 0.6/3 and Telemundo a 0.4/2. Univision had Ringo up 20% for a 0.6 and Amor Eterno shot up 40% to 0.7. Sin Miedo a la Verdad grew 25% to 0.5.
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On Telemundo, it was Exatlon Estados Unidos at a flat 0.5 and La Dona up 33% to 0.4. Operacion Pacifico did a flat 0.3.
The CW scored a 0.1/1. Katy Keene rated a 0.1 and Legacies a 0.2, both shows 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.