Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins Despite Comedies’ Decline

CBS was the winner in Thursday’s prime ratings, its comedies leading to a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat the 1.1/5 that Fox posted.

CBS had The Big Bang Theory down 21% at 1.9 and Young Sheldon off 11% at 1.7, then Mom down 7% 1.3 and Life in Pieces at a flat 1.0. SWAT closed out prime with an 11% decrease for a 0.8.

On Fox, the NFL Draft special occupied all of prime, good for a 1.1.

ABC was at 1.0/4. Grey’s Anatomy fell 13% to 1.4 1.6 and Station 19 slid 18% to 0.9, then the season starter of Quantico did a 0.5, down a tenth of a point from last spring’s finale.

Telemundo rated a 0.8/3 with Premios Billboard de la Musica Latina. 

NBC did a 0.6/3. Superstore was at 0.7 and A.P. Bio at 0.5, both shows down a tenth of a point. After a Will & Grace repeat, Mindy Kaling comedy Champions rated a flat 0.4. Chicago Fire fell 10% to 0.9.

Univision rated a 0.4/2. 

The CW did a 0.4/1. Supernatural slipped 33% to 0.4 and Arrow fell 25% to 0.3. 

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.