Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 05/24/2018

Encores fill the Thursday night schedule, but it is ABC's all-original night that wins the night. A two hour Michael Jackson special was the #1 show of the night, posting a 1.0 rating in Adults 18-49, and attracting 5.6 million viewers. At 10 PM, WHAT WOULD YOU DO win the 10 PM hour, with a 0.8 demographic rating.

CBS's all-encore line up takes second on the night, with BIG BANG and YOUNG SHELDON attracting the most viewers on the evening.

NBC tops FOX for third, with its annual RED NOSE DAY event. Special celebrity editions of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT pull in modest ratings, while the RED NOSE DAY program, at 10 PM, placed last in the time slot.

FOX was a non factor, ranking fourth across the board.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	4.90 million	0.5	0.9	1.3
CBS	4.90 million	0.4	0.7	1.2
CW	0.70 million	0.1	0.2	0.3
FOX	1.90 million	0.3	0.6	0.7
NBC	3.00 million	0.4	0.7	0.9
UNI	1.30 million	--	0.4	--
TEL	1.20 million	--	0.4	--

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Last Days of M.Jackson	5.60	0.5	1.0	1.4
10:00	ABC	What Would You Do?	3.60	0.4	0.8	1.1
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	6.70	0.5	1.0	1.6
8:30	CBS	Young Sheldon [R]	6.20	0.5	0.9	1.5
9:00	CBS	Mom [R]	5.10	0.4	0.8	1.3
9:30	CBS	Life in Pieces [R]	3.90	0.3	0.7	1.0
10:00	CBS	SWAT [R]	3.60	0.3	0.5	0.8
8:00	CW	Supernatural [R]	0.80	0.1	0.2	0.3
9:00	CW	Black Lightning [R]	0.60	0.1	0.1	0.2
8:00	FOX	T.Howard's Fright Night	1.50	0.3	0.5	0.6
9:00	FOX	Showtime at the Apollo (SF)	2.30	0.3	0.6	0.7
8:00	NBC	American Ninja Warrior	3.60	0.5	0.8	1.1
9:00	NBC	Hollywood Game Night (SP)	3.20	0.4	0.8	1.0
10:00	NBC	Red Nose Day	2.10	0.3	0.5	0.6

* - viewers in millions