BIG BROTHER Helps CBS Win Thursday Night

Here are the highlights of the 14 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night (8/16/18):

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Some high rated local pre-season NFL games (across all networks) are included here but will be excluded from Officials.]

CBS (5.371 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.2, #1) snagged the top spot on Thursday thanks to its mix of "The Big Bang Theory" (6.506 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.2, #2), "Young Sheldon" (6.019 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T3), "Big Brother 20" (6.487 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.8, #1) and "SWAT" (3.363 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T8).

ABC (4.107 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T2) then was the number two draw with its special "20/20: Aretha: Soul, Song, R E S P E C T" (4.782 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T6) followed by new episodes of "Match Game" (4.041 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T6) and "Take Two" (3.498 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.6, #11).

Sharing the silver was NBC (3.777 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T2) and its lineup of "Ellen's Game of Games" (4.839 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.1, #T3), "Trial & Error" (3.413 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.9, #5), another "Trial & Error" (2.815 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T8) and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (3.379 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T8).

Meanwhile, FOX (1.365 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.3, #4) offered up primetime coverage of the "NASCAR Camping World Truck Series" (1.365 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.3, #12).

And finally, repeats of "Supernatural" (0.853 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T13) and "Black Lightning" (0.844 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.2, #T13) rounded out the night on The CW (0.848 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.2, #5).

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
-10.00% - Big Brother 20
-18.18% - Trial & Error - 9:00
-20.00% - Match Game
-25.00% - Take Two
-30.00% - Trial & Error - 9:30

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+33.33% - MATCH GAME (vs. Battle of the Network Stars)
+33.33% - 20/20: Aretha: Soul, Song, R E S P E C T (vs. Boy Band)
0.00% - TAKE TWO (vs. The Gong Show)
-10.00% - Big Brother 20
-12.50% - Trial & Error - 9:30 (vs. GREAT NEWS (Repeat))
-40.00% - Trial & Error - 9:00 (vs. Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update)

In late-night metered market ratings (via NBC's press release):

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 1.8/5; "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," 2.6/7; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.6/5.

· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 0.5/4; "Late Show," 0.5/3; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.4/3.

· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.2/4 in metered-market households and a 0.3/3 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

· From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, ratings were: "Late Night with Seth Meyers," 1.0/4 in metered-market households; CBS's "Late Late Show," 1.3/5. In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, averages were: "Late Night," 0.3/3 in 18-49; "Late Late Show," 0.3/2.

· At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.6/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.2/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

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