Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins Despite Comedy Dips

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CBS won Thursday with a 1.3 rating in adults 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, and a 5 share. Fox and NBC were next at 1.1/4, then ABC at 1.0/3 and The CW at 0.3/1. 

CBS' The Great Indoors rated a 1.4, down 26%, then Mom fell 24% to 1.3, and Life in Pieces slipped 14% to 1.2. Pure Genius grew 25% to 1.0. 

Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen weighed in at a flat 1.2 and My Kitchen Rules a 0.9 for its premiere. 

NBC’s Superstore scored a flat 1.2 and The Good Place went up 10% to 1.1. Chicago Med did a flat 1.2 and The Blacklist a level 1.0. 

At ABC, The Great American Baking Show scored a flat 1.0 and special Taking the Stage: Changing America a 0.9. 

The CW was in repeats.

Michael Malone
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.