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Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Football Draft

Big jump for ‘Superstore’ on NBC

Big jump for ‘Superstore’ on NBC

ABC won the Thursday ratings race easily, the NFL draft leading the Alphabets to a 1.6 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That easily beat the 0.6/3s that CBS and NBC posted.

ABC had the football draft on throughout prime.

CBS had a Young Sheldon repeat, then Man With a Plan lost 14% for a 0.6. A Mom rerun led into Broke, which was down 14% to 0.6. Tommy got a flat 0.5.

NBC had Superstore up 40% to 0.7 and the Brooklyn Nine Nine season closer at a flat 0.6. The Will & Grace finale lost 17% for a 0.5, which is what a Will & Grace special rated. The Law & Order: SVU finale fell 13% for a 0.7.

Fox and Univision both scored a 0.5/2. Fox had Last Man Standing at a flat 0.6 and then reruns.

On Univision it was Te Doy La Vida at a flat 0.5 and Amor Eterno down 17% to 0.5. Sin Miedo a la Verdad got a level 0.4.

Telemundo was just behind at 0.4/2. Cennet and La Dona both got a flat 0.4. A La Reina del Sur special posted a 0.3.

The CW got a 0.1/0. Katy Keene and In the Dark both did a level 0.1. 


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