Primetime Ratings Thursday: ‘Grey’s’ Guides ABC

Ellen Pompeo on Grey's Anatomy
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ABC won the Thursday ratings battle, with Grey’s Anatomy setting the pace. ABC rated a 0.7 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. In second was Fox at 0.6/4. 

Station 19 fell 13% to 0.7 on ABC and Grey’s did a flat 0.9. A Million Little Things lost 17% for a 0.5.

Fox had Hell’s Kitchen up 33% to 0.8. Call Me Kat got a 0.6 and Last Man Standing a 0.5, both comedies up a tenth. 

CBS was next at 0.4/2. Comedy repeats led into the season finale of The Unicorn at 0.4. Clarice got a 0.2, with both shows off a tenth. 

NBC, Telemundo and Univision all rated a 0.3/2. NBC had Superstore at a flat 0.3 and a Superstore repeat, then a Law & Order: SVU rerun. Dateline NBC shot up 100% to 0.4.

Telemundo had Exatlon Estados Unidos at 0.3, La Suerte De Loli at 0.2 and Buscando A Frida at 0.3. All three were level with last week. 

Univision had Vencer El Desamor at a flat 0.4. Te Acuerdas De Mi was at 0.3 and La Hija Del Embajador got a 0.2, the pair both down a tenth. 

The CW scored a 0.2/1. Walker did a 0.3 and Legacies a 0.1, the pair level with last week. 

Michael Malone

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.