FOX Wins Thursday Night's Ratings with NFL Coverage

FOX (7.374 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 2.1, #1) held onto the demo crown on Thursday with its coverage of the "Thursday Night Football Pre-Game" (6.616 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.7, #T3) and "Thursday Night Football" (7.526 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 2.1, #T1).

CBS (7.952 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.2, #2) however pulled in front among total viewers with originals from "The Big Bang Theory" (12.400 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.1, #T1), "Young Sheldon" (10.900 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.7, #T3), "Mom" (7.962 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.1, #6), "Murphy Brown" (5.980 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T9) and "SWAT" (5.236 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T13).

Next up was ABC (4.815 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.1, #3) and its trio of "Grey's Anatomy" (6.622 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.5, #5), "Station 19" (4.915 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T7) and "How to Get Away with Murder" (2.908 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T9).

Meanwhile, NBC (3.473 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #4) served up new episodes of "Superstore" (3.271 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T9), "The Good Place" (2.728 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T13), "Will & Grace" (3.466 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T9), "I Feel Bad" (2.288 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.6, #15) and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (4.542 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T7).

And finally, fresh installments from "Supernatural" (1.450 million viewers, #16; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T16) and "Legacies" (1.150 million viewers, #17; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T16) on The CW (1.300 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.4, #5) rounded out the night.

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+33.33% - Supernatural
+33.33% - Legacies
+20.00% - I Feel Bad
+14.29% - How to Get Away with Murder
0.00% - Young Sheldon
0.00% - Grey's Anatomy
0.00% - Station 19
0.00% - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
0.00% - Murphy Brown
0.00% - SWAT
-4.55% - The Big Bang Theory
-8.33% - Mom
-11.11% - Will & Grace
-11.11% - Superstore
-12.50% - The Good Place
-15.00% - Thursday Night Football Pre-Game
-22.22% - Thursday Night Football

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+121.05% - Thursday Night Football (vs. Gotham/The Orville)
+88.89% - Thursday Night Football Pre-Game (vs. Gotham)
-10.00% - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (vs. Chicago Fire)
-11.11% - How to Get Away with Murder
-14.29% - I FEEL BAD (vs. Good News)
-16.67% - Grey's Anatomy
-18.18% - STATION 19 (vs. Scandal)
-20.00% - LEGACIES (vs. Arrow)
-20.00% - Superstore
-22.22% - The Big Bang Theory
-29.17% - Young Sheldon
-30.00% - The Good Place
-33.33% - Supernatural
-38.89% - Mom
-46.15% - SWAT
-46.67% - MURPHY BROWN (vs. Life in Pieces)
-46.67% - Will & Grace

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