Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 12/14/2017

NBC wins Thursday night, but THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL will pull a season low for a Network (CBS/NBC) aired game. Just 8.0 million viewers tuned into watch two teams that are at the bottom of the NFL standings.

CBS was a close second on the night, with THE BIG BANG THEORY and YOUNG SHELDON winning the 8 PM hour and are the top two shows of the night. The rest of the night, on CBS, was in second place, topping ABC and FOX.

ABC was in punt mode, replacing THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT for the recently pulled series, THE GREAT AMERICAN BAKING SHOW. The ratings were only slightly down from last week's premiere. The started out good with the premiere of the holiday special, OLAF'S FROZEN ADVENTURE, which grabbed 5.7 million viewers and a 1.4 rating in Adults 18-49. That is 40% better than last week's airing of SHREK THE HALLS, in the time slot.

The two FOX holiday specials did adequate numbers, down from lat weeks fall finales of GOTHAM and THE ORVILLE.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	3.60 million	0.6	0.9	1.2
CBS	8.90 million	0.7	1.5	2.3
CW	1.10 million	0.3	0.4	0.4
FOX	3.00 million	0.4	0.7	1.0
NBC	7.70 million	1.3	1.9	2.5

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Olaf's Frozen Adventure	5.70	0.9	1.4	1.8
8:30	ABC	Prep & Landing	4.10	0.7	1.1	1.4
9:00	ABC	Great Christmas Light Fight	3.00	0.5	0.7	1.0
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory (FF)	13.50	1.3	2.6	3.9
8:30	CBS	Young Sheldon	11.60	1.0	2.0	3.1
9:00	CBS	Mom	8.70	0.6	1.4	2.3
9:30	CBS	Life In Spieces	6.60	0.5	1.1	1.7
10:00	CBS	SWAT	6.40	0.5	1.0	1.5
8:00	CW	iHeartRadio Jngle Ball	1.20	0.3	0.4	0.4
9:30	CW	Whose Line? [R]	0.80	0.2	0.2	0.3
8:00	FOX	Showtime at Apollow/Christmas	3.20	0.4	0.7	1.0
9:00	FOX	Taraji's White Hot Holiday	2.80	0.4	0.7	0.9
8:00	NBC	FNiA	6.20	1.0	1.5	1.9
8:30	NBC	TNF: DEN v IND	8.00	1.4	2.0	2.6

* - viewers in millions