Primetime Ratings: ‘Big Bang’ Paces CBS to Win

CBS got the top spot in Thursday ratings, with The Big Bang Theory leading to a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. In second was ABC at 0.8/4.

Big Bang Theory lost 5% for a 1.8 and the season premiere of Life in Pieces did a 1.0, after it opened to a 1.5 in fall 2017. Mom dipped 9% to 1.0 and another Life in Pieces scored a 0.8. SWAT climbed 14% for a 0.8.

On ABC, Grey’s Anatomy lost 20% for a 1.2 and Station 19 rated a level 0.9, then For the People was flat at 0.5.

Fox scored a 0.6/3 and NBC a 0.5/3.

On Fox, Gotham and The Orville both rated a 0.6, the pair flat.

On NBC, Superstore got a 0.9 and AP Bio a 0.5, both comedies flat. Brooklyn Nine-Nine lost 17% for a 0.5 and Abby’s was a level 0.4, before a Law & Order: SVU repeat.

Telemundo did a 0.4/2 and Univision a 0.3/2.

The CW rated a 0.3/1. Supernatural got a 0.4 and In the Dark a 0.2, both dramas flat. 

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.