Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 08/23/2018

FOX sweeps the Thursday ratings, with an NFL preseason game. The exhibition match drew 6.1 million viewers and a 1.7 rating in Adults 18-49. that currently places it as the #2 show of the week, behind Tuesday's AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.

CBS wasn't far behind, considering it had two hours of encores, posting a 1.1 rating and attracting 4.6 million viewers. BIG BROTHER was on the heals of the NFL game, just a tenth of a point behind in the two younger demographic categories.

ABC and NBC were neck-and-neck for a distant third place showing. ABC got the upper hand in the older A25-54 demo and in total viewers. Night two of THE STORY OF THE ROYALS was mostly even from the previous night's premiere.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	3.80 million	0.2	0.5	0.8
CBS	4.60 million	0.6	1.1	1.4
CW	0.70 million	0.1	0.2	0.3
FOX	6.10 million	1.1	1.7	2.2
NBC	2.50 million	0.2	0.5	0.7

*Time*	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	The Gong Show	2.90	0.3	0.5	0.7
9:00	ABC	The Story of the Royals	4.30	0.2	0.5	0.9
8:00	CBS	The Big Bang Theory [R]	5.80	0.4	1.0	1.5
8:30	CBS	Mom [R]	4.90	0.5	0.9	1.4
9:00	CBS	Big Brother	5.50	1.0	1.6	2.0
10:00	CBS	SWAT [R]	3.00	0.3	0.6	0.8
8:00	CW	Supernatural [R]	0.90	0.1	0.2	0.3
9:00	CW	The Originals [R]	0.50	0.1	0.1	0.2
8:00	FOX	NFL Preseason	6.10	1.1	1.7	2.2
8:00	NBC	Ellen's Game of Games [R]	3.40	0.3	0.7	0.9
9:00	NBC	Trial & Error	2.00	0.2	0.4	0.6
9:30	NBC	Trial & Error	1.70	0.2	0.4	0.5
10:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU [R]	2.20	0.2	0.4	0.6