Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 04/12/2018

Led by THE BIG BANG THEORY and YOUNG SHELDON, CBS wins the Thursday night ratings. The two comedies were top two shows of the night and are up or flat, week-to-week. CBS also win the 9 PM hour, topping STATION 19 in the three demographic categories and in total viewership. At 10 PM, SWAT is even with SCANDAL, with CHICAGO FIRE edging the two shows for the time slot win.

GREY'S ANATOMY was slightly down from last week's numbers, but that did not affect the other two shows on the night, leading ABC to a second place finish.

NBC edges FOX for third, with only a 10 PM hour win in its pocket. NBC nearly fell to 5th place, doing just slightly better than ARROW, on the CW.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	5.60 million	0.8	1.2	1.6
CBS	6.40 million	0.7	1.4	2.2
CW	1.30 million	0.3	0.5	0.5
FOX	2.60 million	0.4	0.7	0.9
NBC	3.40 million	0.4	0.7	1.0

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy	6.90	1.1	1.6	2.0
9:00	ABC	Station 19	5.60	0.7	1.0	1.4
10:00	ABC	Scandal	4.20	0.5	0.9	1.3
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory	12.50	1.2	2.3	3.6
8:30	CBS	Young Sheldon	11.60	1.0	1.9	3.1
9:00	CBS	Mom	9.00	0.8	1.4	2.4
9:30	CBS	Life in Pieces	6.50	0.6	1.1	1.7
10:00	CBS	SWAT	5.30	0.4	0.9	1.3
8:00	CW	Supernatural	1.50	0.3	0.5	0.6
9:00	CW	Arrow	1.10	0.3	0.4	0.4
8:00	FOX	Gotham	2.40	0.4	0.7	0.9
9:00	FOX	Showtime at the Apollo	2.70	0.4	0.7	0.9
8:00	NBC	Superstore	3.20	0.5	0.8	1.2
8:30	NBC	AP Bio	2.10	0.4	0.6	0.8
9:00	NBC	Will & Grace [R]	2.20	0.3	0.5	0.8
9:30	NBC	Champions	1.70	0.2	0.4	0.6
10:00	NBC	Chicago Fire	5.50	0.5	1.0	1.4

* - viewers in millions