Preliminary Ratings: Thursday, 04/26/2018

CBS fended off FOX and the NFL Draft to win the Thursday night ratings. THE BIG BANG THEORY and YOUNG SHELDON were the only two programs of the night to score over 10 million viewers. SWAT did manage to compete with CHICAGO FIRE for the top numbers at 10 PM, losing by just a tenth of a point in the key A18-49 demographic.

THE NFL Draft on FOX pushed the network to a #2 finish on the night, posting a 1.1 rating in the A18-49 demo and the night's best 0.8 rating in the younger A18-34 demo.

ABC was third on the night, despite a horrible showing for the third season premiere of QUANTICO. The drama drew just 2.8 million viewers and a 0.5 demographic rating.

Telemundo topped NBC and the CW, with its coverage of the 2018 BILLBOARD LATIN MUSIC AWARDS. The three hour event posted a 0.8 rating on the night, and drew 2.1 million viewers.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	4.80 million	0.7	0.9	1.2
CBS	8.00 million	0.7	1.3	2.0
CW	1.20 million	0.3	0.4	0.5
FOX	3.80 million	0.8	1.1	1.4
NBC	3.10 million	0.3	0.6	0.8
UNI	1.30 million	--	0.4	--
TEL	2.10 million	--	0.8	--

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy	6.50	1.0	1.4	1.8
9:00	ABC	Station 19	5.20	0.6	0.9	1.2
10:00	ABC	Scandal	2.80	0.4	0.5	0.7
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory	11.50	0.9	1.9	3.1
8:30	CBS	Young Sheldon	11.00	0.9	1.7	2.8
9:00	CBS	Mom	8.50	0.7	1.3	2.2
9:30	CBS	Life in Pieces	6.30	0.6	1.0	1.6
10:00	CBS	SWAT	5.20	0.4	0.8	1.2
8:00	CW	Supernatural	1.50	0.3	0.4	0.6
9:00	CW	Arrow	0.90	0.2	0.3	0.3
8:00	FOX	NFL Draft	3.80	0.8	1.1	1.4
8:00	NBC	Superstore	2.80	0.4	0.7	1.0
8:30	NBC	AP Bio	1.80	0.3	0.5	0.6
9:00	NBC	Will & Grace [R]	1.80	0.2	0.4	0.5
9:30	NBC	Champions	1.50	0.2	0.4	0.5
10:00	NBC	Chicago Fire	5.40	0.4	0.9	1.2

* - viewers in millions