Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 10/26/2017

CBS sweeps the Thursday night ratings, but has one of the worst ratings, by a broadcast network, for a Thursday Night Football game. The Dolphins vs Ravens game collected just over eight million viewers and posted a 2.2 in Adults 18-49. The game was a complete blowout, with Baltimore wining 40-0.

ABC and NBC were neck-and-neck on the night. GREY'S ANATOMY takes second in the 8 PM hour, but NBC is the better network from 9 to 11 PM. each NBC series saw gains over last week, while GREY'S was down from two weeks earlier (preempted last week) and SCANDAL and HTGAWM were flat.

THE ORVILLE tops SCANDAL, in the 9 PM hour, in the A18-49 demographic, 1.2 rating to 1.1 rating, respectively. At 8 PM, GOTHAM is a distant 4th in the hour.

For the CW, SUPERNATURAL was even with GOTHAM in the A18-34 demo.
 

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	5.40 million	0.9	1.3	1.6
CBS	7.80 million	1.4	2.1	2.7
CW	1.70 million	0.5	0.6	0.7
FOX	3.50 million	0.6	1.1	1.3
NBC	5.40 million	0.7	1.3	1.7

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy	7.60	1.4	1.8	2.2
9:00	ABC	Scandal	4.90	0.8	1.1	1.5
10:00	ABC	HTGAWM	3.60	0.6	0.9	1.1
8:00	CBS	TNF Kickoff	6.50	1.1	1.5	2.0
8:30	CBS	TNF: MIA v BAL	8.10	1.5	2.2	2.8
8:00	CW	Supernatural	1.90	0.5	0.6	0.7
9:00	CW	Arrow	1.40	0.4	0.5	0.6
8:00	FOX	Gotham	2.80	0.5	0.9	1.0
9:00	FOX	The Orville	4.20	0.7	1.2	1.5
8:00	NBC	Superstore	4.60	0.6	1.2	1.6
8:30	NBC	The Good Place	4.00	0.6	1.1	1.4
9:00	NBC	Will & Grace	6.60	0.8	1.8	2.4
9:30	NBC	Great News	4.00	0.5	1.0	1.3
10:00	NBC	Chicago Fire	6.50	0.7	1.2	1.6

* - viewers in millions