Preliminary Ratings: Thursday 10/18/18

A low rated Thursday Night Football game topped the night in the demographic categories, but saw a drop of over 40% in the A18-49 demographic and a loss of 4.5 million viewers, from last week's preliminary ratings.

CBS was the most watched network, attracting an average of 8.1 million viewers and topped NBC for second place in the demo ratings.

NBC topped ABC, despite bing fourth place in the first two hours, but LAW & ORDER, winning the 10 PM hour, helped salvage the night and a third place showing for NBC.

ABC was hur by preempting GREY'S ANATOMY with the annual animated Halloween specials. CHARLIE BROWN and TOY STORY barely topped the two NBC 8 PM comedies.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	3.60 million	0.4	0.8	1.1
CBS	8.10 million	0.6	1.2	2.0
CW	1.30 million	0.3	0.4	0.5
FOX	6.60 million	1.5	2.0	2.4
NBC	3.30 million	0.6	0.9	1.1

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown	4.50	0.5	1.1	1.4
8:30	ABC	Toy Story of Terror	3.30	0.5	0.8	1.0
9:00	ABC	Station 19	4.10	0.5	0.8	1.1
10:00	ABC	HTGAWM	2.70	0.4	0.7	0.9
8:00	CBS	Big Bang Theory	12.00	0.9	2.0	3.2
8:30	CBS	Young Sheldon	10.80	0.8	1.7	2.7
9:00	CBS	Mom	8.20	0.6	1.3	2.2
9:30	CBS	Murphy Brown	6.50	0.3	0.9	1.5
10:00	CBS	SWAT	5.50	0.4	0.7	1.2
8:00	CW	Supernatural	1.50	0.3	0.5	0.6
9:00	CW	Charmed [R]	1.00	0.2	0.3	0.4
8:00	FOX	Thursday Night Football	6.60	1.5	2.0	2.4
8:00	NBC	Superstore	3.20	0.6	0.8	1.1
8:30	NBC	The Good Place	2.80	0.6	0.8	1.0
9:00	NBC	Will & Grace	3.30	0.4	0.9	1.2
9:30	NBC	I Feel Bad	2.30	0.4	0.6	0.8
10:00	NBC	Law & Order: SVU	4.00	0.7	1.0	1.2

* - viewers in millions