Primetime Ratings: Football Leads to Fox Win

Fox was the big winner in Thursday’s ratings, the NFL leading the network to a 3.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 14 share. That easily whupped the 1.3/6 that CBS posted.

The game, which saw the Eagles thrash the Giants, scored a 3.4 across the Fox prime. Last Thursday’s game did a 4.3.

CBS had The Big Bang Theory at 2.2 and Young Sheldon at 1.8, both comedies flat, then Mom up a tenth of a point at 1.4 and Murphy Brown at a level 1.0. SWAT climbed 14% to a 0.8.

ABC was just behind at 1.2/5. Grey’s Anatomy fell 6% to 1.5 and Station 19 grew 18% to 1.3, then How to Get Away With Murder scored a flat 0.8.

NBC did a 0.8/3. Superstore and The Good Place rated a 0.8, both down a tenth of a point. Will & Grace fell 20% to 0.8, before I Feel Bad slipped 14% to 0.6. Law & Order: SVU lost 10% for a 0.9.

Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.5/2.

The CW had a 0.3/1 with the Supernatural season premiere at 0.5 and a repeat of the All American premiere. Supernatural started last season with a 0.7.

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.