Primetime Ratings: Thursday Football Down But NBC Still Wins

NBC rolled to the win in Thursday prime, with football leading to a 2.7 rating in viewers 18-49, and a 10 share. That easily beat the 1.6/6 put up by CBS.

Football Night in America did a 1.9 on NBC, down a tenth of a point, and the game, Saints versus Falcons, was off 12% to 2.9.

On CBS, The Big Bang Theory climbed 17% to 2.8 and Young Sheldon ticked up 5% to 2.2. Mom scored a flat 1.4 and Life in Pieces a level 1.1, before SWAT dropped 10% to a 0.9.  

ABC rated a 0.9/3. Shrek the Halls scored a 1.0 and Toy Story That Time Forgot a 0.9 before The Great American Baking Show premiered to a 0.8.  

Fox did a 0.8/3. Gotham rated a 0.8 and The Orville a 0.9, both scores flat.

Univision was at 0.6/2.

The CW rated a 0.5/2. Supernatural scored a flat 0.5 and Arrow a 0.4, down 56% from its crossover episode.  

Telemundo did a 0.4/1.

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.