Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins Despite Football Fumble

NBC scored the win in Thursday prime, putting up a 2.0 with Thursday Night Football leading the way, and an 8 share. CBS was next at 1.5/6.

But it wasn’t a great night for the NFL. Football Night in America dropped 21% to 1.5 on NBC and the game, Denver versus Indianapolis, fell 28% from last week to 2.1.

On CBS, The Big Bang Theory slipped 7% to 2.6 and Young Sheldon was off 9% to 2.0. Mom rated a 1.4 and Life in Pieces a 1.1, both shows flat. SWAT climbed 11% to a 1.0.

ABC did a 0.9/4. Olaf’s Frozen Adventure posted a 1.4 and Disney Prep and Landing a 1.1. Repeats followed.

Fox was at 0.7/3. Showtime at the Apollo tallied a 0.7, as did Taraji’s White Hot Holidays.

Univision was at 0.5/2 and Telemundo at 0.4/2.

The CW scored a 0.3/1. iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2017 did a 0.4 and was followed by a repeat of Whose Line Is It Anyway?

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.