Schedules Plus: Network Averages on Thursday

This is a compilation of all the broadcast networks' Schedules Plus averages on Thursday, providing a look at how the network race has evolved over time on this night. These averages come directly from the night's Schedules Plus posts, which are linked in the table headers below. As with the individual Schedules Plus, it is important to keep in mind that these are not averages of every single thing that aired on the network, but just the most frequent occupant in each timeslot in each section of the year. See the Schedules Plus primer for more. The 'Avg' column and the charts cover only ratings for the big four networks.

Full-Fall

Year	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	UPN	WB	Avg
1999-00	76	54	236	74	56	35	110
2000-01	81	45	228	51	59	42	101
2001-02	61	163	247	62	59	36	133
2002-03	41	181	220	38	48	22	120
2003-04	61	188	217	38	48	23	126
2004-05	48	196	167	62	37		37	118
2005-06	55	179	118	58	47		47	103
2006-07	152	143	110	47	44		44	113
2007-08	132	143	104	81	44		44	115
2008-09	120	132	107	67	49		49	107
2009-10	123	126	83	92	51		51	106
2010-11	107	123	87	87	45		45	101
2011-12	104	133	77	136	43		43	112
2012-13	110	153	66	115	44		44	111
2013-14	119	137	62	84	42		42	101
2014-15	163	127	66	63	33		33	105
2015-16	140	127	80	67	33		33	103
2016-17	116	122	92	65	55		55	99
2017-18	123	141	99	80	44		44	111
2018-19	112	133	81	459	37		37	196
2019-20	107	86	74	542	32		32	202
2020-21	126	74	80	585	23		23	216
2021-22	100	92	100	816	18		18	277
2022-23	89	95	112	71	16		16	92
AVERAGES:	103	129	121	160	39		39	128

Fall

Year	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	UPN	WB	Avg
1999-00	67	59	234	73	52	38	108
2000-01	86	45	244	64	63	44	110
2001-02	64	156	249	64	58	38	133
2002-03	37	186	245	39	52	21	127
2003-04	63	186	209	36	51	23	123
2004-05	45	200	175	60	42		42	120
2005-06	52	187	121	58	49		49	105
2006-07	153	146	118	46	46		46	116
2007-08	142	149	108	70	47		47	117
2008-09	127	140	112	68	50		50	112
2009-10	144	131	86	89	54		54	113
2010-11	114	129	88	87	50		50	105
2011-12	107	134	81	136	48		48	115
2012-13	109	154	65	116	49		49	111
2013-14	122	143	65	84	48		48	104
2014-15	173	123	67	67	37		37	107
2015-16	160	128	83	71	33		33	111
2016-17	118	127	102	65	55		55	103
2017-18	126	144	115	84	49		49	117
2018-19	120	131	86	459	40		40	199
2019-20	105	89	74	542	34		34	203
2020-21	146	73	72	585	23		23	219
2021-22	104	89	103	816	20		20	278
2022-23	95	93	115	70	16		16	93
AVERAGES:	107	131	126	160	42		42	131

Winter

Year	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	UPN	WB	Avg
1999-00	133	53	235	64	59	36	121
2000-01	83	164	226	50	58	43	131
2001-02	59	169	250	60	63	36	135
2002-03	74	154	203	58	46	32	122
2003-04	61	205	243	52	49	29	140
2004-05	55	203	158	64	25		25	120
2005-06	99	176	116	113	54		54	126
2006-07	161	144	106	51	45		45	116
2007-08	113	100	94	103	43		43	102
2008-09	132	135	99	117	51		51	121
2009-10	106	126	81	109	51		51	105
2010-11	119	121	91	215	45		45	137
2011-12	111	146	67	159	43		43	121
2012-13	108	164	65	154	44		44	123
2013-14	49	141	57	111	43		43	90
2014-15	44	139	79	110	33		33	93
2015-16	53	128	78	149	51		51	102
2016-17	143	123	83	82	40		40	108
2017-18	130	152	91	108	45		45	120
2018-19	116	141	102	71	37		37	108
2019-20	114	79	68	76	21		21	84
2020-21	111	90	77	93	33		33	93
2021-22	80	100	115	56	17		17	88
2022-23	92	101	127	76	17		17	99
AVERAGES:	98	136	121	96	39		39	113

Spring

Year	ABC	CBS	NBC	Fox	UPN	WB	Avg
1999-00	117	46	226	49	61	29	110
2000-01	58	173	199	37	53	37	117
2001-02	66	161	249	58	51	34	133
2002-03	52	157	208	39	46	18	114
2003-04	40	174	276	52	40	22	136
2004-05	42	187	140	60	30		30	107
2005-06	59	159	110	68	43		43	99
2006-07	143	127	86	71	39		39	107
2007-08	138	130	94	79	39		39	110
2008-09	120	107	90	98	46		46	104
2009-10	103	121	85	86	50		50	99
2010-11	106	109	81	185	39		39	120
2011-12	95	122	61	136	37		37	104
2012-13	112	138	65	120	39		39	109
2013-14	113	123	58	85	35		35	95
2014-15	113	120	64	56	28		28	88
2015-16	108	114	61	52	38		38	84
2016-17	105	110	73	63	36		36	88
2017-18	114	129	77	58	38		38	94
2018-19	98	124	66	62	28		28	88
2019-20	128	91	75	61	11		11	89
2020-21	110	73	119	86	23		23	97
2021-22	93	85	102	62	15		15	85
2022-23	85	90	94	72	13		13	85
AVERAGES:	97	124	115	75	33		33	103