Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With ‘Big Bang’
CBS got the top score in Thursday’s ratings, its hit comedies pacing the network to a 1.4 rating in viewers 18-49, and a 6 share. That topped the 1.1/5 posted by ABC.
The Big Bang Theory ticked up 8% to 2.6 and Young Sheldon went up 5% to 2.0 on CBS. Big Brother: Celebrity Edition got a flat 1.1 and SWAT slid 11% to 0.8.
On ABC, Grey’s Anatomy fell 12% to 1.5 and A Million Little Things lost 9% for a 1.0. How to Get Away With Murder tallied a level 0.6.
NBC did a 0.9/4. The Titan Games was down 9% at 1.0 and Brooklyn Nine-Nine up 13% for a 0.9, then Will & Grace at a flat 0.8. Law & Order: SVU fell 11% to 0.8.
Univision got a 0.5/2, with Jesus and Mi Marido Tiene Mas Familia at 0.5.
Fox, The CW and Telemundo all did a 0.4/2.
Fox was in repeats while The CW had Supernatural at 0.5 and Legacies at 0.4, both dramas up a tenth of a point.
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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.