Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 12/28/2017

The last Thursday of 2017 had just two original programs, both doing the lowest two numbers of the night, from the BIG 4 networks. FOX's Can't Stop Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story, drew 1.5 million viewers and a 0.6 rating in Adults 18-49. FOX ended up third on the night.

On NBC, GREAT NEWS winter premiere ran in the middle of encores and posted a weak 0.4 rating in Adults 18-49 and drew 1.7 million viewers. NBC was 4th on the night, last in the A18-34 demographic.

CBS was the #1 network, with wall-to-wall encores. Two BIG BANG THEORY and one YOUNG SHELDON episodes dominated the night, posting 1.4 demo rating and over 8.5 million viewers.

ABC was second on the night with game show encores filling in the time before 2018.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	3.60 million	0.4	0.7	1.0
CBS	6.90 million	0.6	1.2	1.8
CW	1.20 million	0.3	0.3	0.4
FOX	1.50 million	0.4	0.6	0.7
NBC	2.30 million	0.2	0.4	0.6

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	To Tell The Truth [R]	4.00	0.5	0.7	1.0
9:00	ABC	The $100,000 Pyramid [R]	3.70	0.4	0.7	1.0
10:00	ABC	Match Game [R]	3.10	0.4	0.6	0.9
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	8.60	0.8	1.4	2.1
8:30	CBS	Young Sheldon [R]	8.50	0.8	1.4	2.2
9:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	8.30	0.8	1.5	2.3
9:30	CBS	Mom [R]	6.50	0.6	1.1	1.7
10:00	CBS	SWAT [R]	4.70	0.4	0.8	1.2
8:00	CW	iHeartRadio Music Fest [R]	1.20	0.3	0.3	0.4
8:00	FOX	Can't Stop Won't Stop: Bad Boy Story	1.50	0.4	0.6	0.7
8:00	NBC	Superstore [R]	2.80	0.3	0.5	0.8
8:30	NBC	Will & Grade [R]	2.10	0.2	0.4	0.6
9:00	NBC	Will & Grace [R]	2.30	0.2	0.4	0.7
9:30	NBC	Great News	1.70	0.2	0.4	0.5
10:00	NBC	Chicago Fire [R]	2.40	0.2	0.4	0.6

* - viewers in millions