Final Broadcast Ratings: August 17, 2017

CBS Sweeps the Thursday night ratings as the NFL preseason continues to preempt network programming. CBS comes out the best seeing just a slight drop from the preliminary ratings. NBC takes the biggest hit, losing nearly 20% of its total viewership.

Final L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	2.30 million	0.3	0.6	0.7
CBS	4.70 million	0.9	1.2	1.5
CW	1.40 million	0.2	0.4	0.5
FOX	2.40 million	0.4	0.7	0.9
NBC	4.00 million	0.4	0.8	1.1

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Boy Band	2.13	0.3	0.5	0.6
9:00	ABC	Battle/Network Stars	2.32	0.3	0.6	0.8
10:00	ABC	The Gong Show	2.29	0.3	0.6	0.8
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	5.87	0.5	1.0	1.5
8:30	CBS	Kevin Can Wait [R]	4.33	0.5	0.9	1.2
9:00	CBS	Big Brother	6.48	1.6	2.1	2.4
10:00	CBS	Zoo	2.61	0.5	0.6	0.7
8:00	CW	Penn & Teller: Fool Us	1.49	0.2	0.4	0.5
9:00	CW	Who's Line Is It Anyway?	1.28	0.2	0.3	0.5
9:30	CW	Whose Lline [R]	1.21	0.2	0.3	0.4
8:00	FOX	Beat Shazam	2.45	0.5	0.7	0.9
9:00	FOX	Love Connection	2.27	0.3	0.6	0.8
8:00	NBC	The Wall	4.87	0.5	0.9	1.3
9:00	NBC	SNL Weekend Update Live	4.86	0.7	1.2	1.6
9:30	NBC	Great News [R]	2.11	0.3	0.5	0.7
10:00	NBC	The Night Shift	3.52	0.3	0.6	0.8

* - viewers in millions