Primetime Ratings Thursday: Fox on Top With NFL
By Michael Malone published
Tina Fey hosts Broadway special ‘One Night Only’ on NBC

Fox won the Thursday ratings battle, thanks to Thursday Night Football. Fox posted a 2.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 14 share. Well behind was ABC at 0.8/5.
Fox had the Patriots versus the Rams across prime. The last Thursday Night Football, Cardinals-Seahawks, got a 2.6.
ABC had Station 19 at a flat 0.8 and Grey’s Anatomy at 1.1, then A Million Little Things at 0.5, the latter two both down a tenth of a point.
NBC scored a 0.4/3 and Univision a 0.4/2. NBC had specials One Night Only: The Best of Broadway at 0.5 from 8 to 10 and Time Person of the Year at 0.3. Tina Fey hosted One Night Only.
On Univision it was Vencer El Desamor at a flat 0.5 and Liga MX soccer at 0.3.
CBS and Telemundo both rated a 0.3/2. CBS had comedy reruns and Star Trek: Discovery at a level 0.2.
On Telemundo it was El Domo del Dinero down 33% to 0.2. Todo Por Mi Hija got a 0.4, then Falsa Identidad a 0.3, those two flat.
The CW got a 0.1/0 with special Silent Night: A Song For the World across its prime.
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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