Primetime Ratings: CBS Comedies Rock

Its comedies humming, CBS took top prize on the night at 1.7 in adults 18-49, with a 6 share. The Big Bang Theory got things started with a 3.6, up 6%. The Great Indoors grew 19% to 1.9, Mom climbed 13% to 1.7 and Life in Pieces grew 8% to 1.4, before Pure Genius did a flat 0.8.

ABC posted a 1.4/5, with The Great American Baking Show in a new time slot at 1.0, and special Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers at 1.6.

Fox’s 1.2/4 came from two hours of Hell’s Kitchen.

NBC’s lineup returned soft. The net scored a 1.1/4, with Superstore returning at 1.2, after a double run in its last airing at 1.3 and 1.4. The Good Place was down 29% at 1.0, Chicago Med slipped 20% to 1.2 and The Blacklist was off 29% at 1.0.

The CW, at 0.3/1, aired repeats.

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.