Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 20/15/2018

The 8th night of the Winter Olympics posted its weakest ratings since night one, drawing just 16 million viewers and a 3.9 rating in Adults 18-49. Historically, the second week of the games attract fewer viewers as game fatigue begins to set in.

CBS was second n the night, thanks to two encore episodes of THE BIG BANG THEORY.

ABC was third with night two of THE BACHELOR GAMES. It was on part with Tuesday's total viewership, but down a tenth of a point in the A18-49 ratings.

Both FOX and The CW were all-encores and tied in both the A18-34 and A18-49 demographic.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	3.20 million	0.6	0.7	1.0
CBS	5.50 million	0.4	0.9	1.4
CW	0.80 million	0.2	0.3	0.3
FOX	1.50 million	0.2	0.3	0.5
NBC	16.00 million	2.4	3.9	5.2

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Bachelor Winter Games	3.00	0.6	0.7	0.9
10:00	ABC	20/20	3.70	0.5	0.8	1.1
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	7.30	0.5	1.1	1.8
8:30	CBS	Young Sheldon [R]	7.00	0.5	1.0	1.7
9:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	6.10	0.5	1.0	1.7
9:30	CBS	Mom [R]	4.90	0.4	0.8	1.3
10:00	CBS	SWAT [R]	3.90	0.3	0.6	1.0
8:00	CW	Supernatural [R]	0.90	0.2	0.3	0.3
9:00	CW	Arrow [R]	0.60	0.1	0.2	0.2
8:00	FOX	Gotham [R]	1.30	0.2	0.3	0.4
9:00	FOX	9-1-1 [R]	1.70	0.2	0.4	0.5
8:00	NBC	XXIII Winter Olympics (Night 8)	16.00	2.4	3.9	5.2

* - viewers in millions