Primetime Ratings: Fox Sets the Thursday Pace
By Michael Malone published

Fox was the top scorer in Thursday prime, posting a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, alongside a 4 share. That squeaked by CBS’ 0.9/4.
Fox had the premiere of Gotham at 1.0, then a new The Orville at 1.1. Gotham finished last season at 0.9. Enjoying an NFL lead-in Sunday, the last Orville did a 2.6.
CBS had comedy repeats leading into Zoo at a flat 0.5.
NBC did a 0.8/3 with repeats of American Ninja Warrior and Chicago Fire.
Telemundo weighed in at 0.7/3, with El Señor de los Cielos posting a hefty 0.8 at 10.
ABC scored a 0.5/2 with repeats of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder.
Univision too did a 0.5/2.
The CW tallied a 0.4/2 with Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Whose Line Is It Anyway? both at 0.4. Penn & Teller was flat and Whose Line went up 33%.
Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.
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