Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 08/17/2017

CBS Sweeps the Thursday night ratings, edging out NBC. FOX takes third over a weak ABC.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	2.60 million	0.4	0.6	0.8
CBS	5.00 million	0.9	1.2	1.6
CW	1.80 million	0.2	0.4	0.6
FOX	2.40 million	0.5	0.7	0.9
NBC	4.80 million	0.6	1.1	1.4

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Boy Band	2.70	0.4	0.6	0.7
9:00	ABC	Battle/Network Stars	2.70	0.3	0.6	0.9
10:00	ABC	The Gong Show	2.50	0.4	0.6	0.8
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	6.30	0.5	1.1	1.6
8:30	CBS	Kevin Can Wait [R]	4.80	0.6	0.9	1.3
9:00	CBS	Big Brother	6.60	1.5	2.0	2.4
10:00	CBS	Zoo	2.80	0.5	0.6	0.8
8:00	CW	Penn & Teller: Fool Us	1.90	0.2	0.4	0.6
9:00	CW	Who's Line Is It Anyway?	1.60	0.3	0.4	0.5
9:30	CW	Whose Lline [R]	1.60	0.2	0.4	0.5
8:00	FOX	Beat Shazam	2.50	0.5	0.8	0.9
9:00	FOX	Love Connection	2.30	0.4	0.6	0.8
8:00	NBC	The Wall	5.80	0.7	1.2	1.6
9:00	NBC	SNL Weekend Update Live	5.80	0.9	1.5	2.0
9:30	NBC	Great News [R]	3.10	0.5	0.8	1.1
10:00	NBC	The Night Shift	4.00	0.4	0.8	1.0

* - viewers in millions