Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 07/05/2018

With solid ratings from comedy encores and a new edition of BIG BROTHER, CBS sweeps the night in the Thursday night ratings. BIG BRITHR posted the night's best demo ratings, with a 1.3 rating in Adults 18-49 and a 0.9 rating in the younger 18-34 demographic.

NBC edges out ABC for a distant second place showing. LITTLE BIG SHOTS ranked second in the 8 PM hour, while two episodes of MARLON fell to third place at 9 PM.

ABC's two game shows placed third and second, respectively, while the summer dramedy, TAKE TWO, fell to last at 10 PM.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	3.50 million	0.3	0.6	0.8
CBS	4.60 million	0.6	0.9	1.3
CW	0.70 million	0.1	0.2	0.3
FOX	1.80 million	0.4	0.5	0.7
NBC	3.90 million	0.3	0.6	0.9
UNI	1.40 million	--	0.4	--
TEL	1.20 million	--	0.5	--

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Gong Show	3.50	0.3	0.6	0.9
9:00	ABC	Match Game	4.00	0.4	0.7	1.0
10:00	ABC	Take Two	2.90	0.2	0.4	0.6
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	5.90	0.5	1.0	1.5
8:30	CBS	Young Sheldon [R]	5.70	0.5	1.0	1.4
9:00	CBS	Big Brother	4.90	0.9	1.3	1.7
10:00	CBS	SWAT [R]	3.00	0.3	0.5	0.7
8:00	CW	Supernatural [R]	0.80	0.1	0.2	0.3
9:00	CW	Black Lightning [R]	0.60	0.1	0.1	0.2
8:00	FOX	The Four [R]	1.80	0.4	0.5	0.7
8:00	NBC	Little Big Shots	6.40	0.4	0.8	1.2
9:00	NBC	Marlon	3.00	0.3	0.6	0.8
9:30	NBC	Marlon	2.40	0.3	0.6	0.8
10:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU [R]	2.50	0.3	0.5	0.7

* - viewers in millions