Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 09/13/2018
CBS ends the NBC winning streak, as BIG BROTHER is the night's top performer, drawing six million viewers and a 1.7 rating in Adults 18-49. it had a great lead in as the encores of THE BIG BANG THEORY and YOUNG SHELDON averaged 6.6 million viewers and a 1.2 rating in the A18-49 demographic. An encore of SWAT won the 10 PM hour, over ABC and NBC.We could see CBS' numbers go down as the network was preempted in Cincinnati for Thursday Night Football.
ABC's season finales of MATCH GAME and TAKE TWO were soft, with MATCH GAME attracting 4.3 million viewers and a 0.8 rating in the key demo. That was enough to take second place in the 9 PM hour. The finale of the scripted series, TAKE TWO sank ABC to third in the hour, behind of both CBS and NBC.
NBC was all-encore with four THE GOOD PLACE episodes and LAW & ORDER: SVU at 10 PM.
Expect NBC's numbers to go down as the Baltimore station aired the TNF game between the Bengals and Ravens.
FOX was also all-encore and did not air the TNF match. The network premiere of TNF will be in week four (September 27).
Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:
| Total viewers | A18-34 | A18-49 | A25-54 | |
| ABC | 4.20 million | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| CBS | 5.30 million | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| CW | 0.70 million | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| FOX | 1.70 million | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| NBC | 2.20 million | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Time | Net | Program | P2* | A18-34 | A18-49 | A25-54 |
| 8:00 | ABC | Celebrity Family Feud [R] | 5.30 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| 9:00 | ABC | Match Game (SF) | 4.30 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| 10:00 | ABC | Take Two (SF) | 2.90 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| 8:00 | CBS | Big Bang Theory [R] | 6.80 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| 8:30 | CBS | Young Sheldon [R] | 6.40 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| 9:00 | CBS | Big Brother | 6.00 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| 10:00 | CBS | SWAT [R] | 3.30 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| 8:00 | CW | Supernatural [R] | 0.80 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| 9:00 | CW | The Originals [R] | 0.50 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 8:00 | FOX | Masterchef [R] | 1.90 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| 9:00 | FOX | The Gifted [R] | 1.50 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| 8:00 | NBC | The Good Place [R] | 2.60 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| 8:30 | NBC | The Good Place [R] | 2.10 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| 9:00 | NBC | The Good Place [R] | 2.20 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| 9:30 | NBC | The Good Place [R] | 2.00 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| 10:00 | NBC | Law & Order: SVU [R] | 2.20 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
* - viewers in millions
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