Primetime Ratings: ‘Big Bang’ Leads CBS to Win

CBS was the winner in the Thursday broadcast battle, scoring a 1.5 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. Big Bang Theory grew 4% to 2.6 and was followed by a Big Bang repeat. The season finale of Mom did a flat 1.5, while Life in Pieces fell 8% to 1.1. The Amazing Race was a flat 0.9.

ABC had a 1.3/5. Grey’s Anatomy grew 6% to 1.8 and Scandal climbed up 8% to 1.4. The series finale of The Catch was a flat 0.6.

NBC did a 0.8/3. After a Law & Order: SVU repeat, Chicago Med went up 9% to 1.2 and The Blacklist grew 13% to 0.9.  

Fox had a 0.6/3, as MasterChef Junior did a 0.8, down 11%, before a repeated double run of Brooklyn Nine-Nine at 0.5.

The CW came in at 0.5/2, with Supernatural at 0.5 and Riverdale at 0.4. Both were flat with last week.

Among the Spanish-language players, Univision had a 0.5/2 while Telemundo did a 0.3/1.

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.