WHAT MATTERS:
- Not all revivals can take over the TV ratings world, and CBS proved that on Premiere Thursday with an underwhelming start for Murphy Brown (1.1) at 9:30, dropping by two tenths from its Mom lead-in (1.3). It basically looked like a high-end Life in Pieces performance from the last two years in this slot, which is not much of a compliment on opening night.
- CBS had additional problems on the opening Thursday as The Big Bang Theory (2.1) seems to have sprung a leak in its final season, dropping at least three tenths from its already mediocre premiere on Monday, and S.W.A.T. (0.7) had a poor, series low showing with its first look at the Murphy Brown lead-in. The consolation for CBS is that Young Sheldon (1.6) held up a bit better than TBBT in its return to Thursday, and Mom (1.3) looked fine in its return at 9/8c.
- NBC and ABC both combined a one-hour premiere and a two-hour premiere of veteran returnees. ABC's TGIT duo of Grey's Anatomy (1.8) and How to Get Away with Murder (0.8) along with NBC's skew-mismatched The Good Place (1.0) and Law and Order: SVU (1.1) were all down 20-30% from last season's openers. It's a familiar rate of decline for Murder, but rather steep by the standards Grey's and SVU have set in recent years.
- The Premiere Thursday winner was the NFL, as Fox had a marquee matchup for its first edition of Thursday Night Football and looks like it could be up year-to-year vs. the TNF broadcast opener on CBS last season. It may have also been a well above average night on cable news.
| Show | Timeslot | Renewology | ||||||||
| Name | A18-49 | Skew | Last | y2y | TLa | Ty2y | R% | Last | True | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grey's Anatomy | 1.9 | 35% | -19% | +322% | -19% | 100% | 1.75 | |||
| How to Get Away with Murder | 0.8 | 35% | -24% | +167% | -24% | 39% | 0.68 | |||
ABC: | +283% | -20% | ||||||||
| The Big Bang Theory | 2.2 | 23% | -0.3 | +87% | +12% | 100% | 0% | 2.00 | -0.19 | |
| Young Sheldon | 1.6 | 21% | -0.1 | +52% | -67% | 98% | +0% | 1.21 | -0.03 | |
| Mom | 1.3 | 21% | -10% | -15% | -73% | 89% | 1.03 | |||
| Murphy Brown | 1.1 | 18% | -28% | -77% | 46% | 0.93 | ||||
| S.W.A.T. | 0.7 | 19% | -36% | +40% | -85% | 52% | 0.71 | |||
CBS: | +21% | -71% | ||||||||
| The Good Place | 1.0 | 39% | -25% | +150% | -23% | 79% | 0.94 | |||
| Law and Order: SVU | 1.1 | 28% | -22% | +120% | -39% | 87% | 1.09 | |||
NBC: | +129% | -35% | ||||||||
| Thursday Night Football | 4.8 | 42% | +0% | +1100% | +401% | 4.44 | ||||
Fox: | +1100% | +401% | ||||||||
| Supernatural (R) | 0.2 | 31% | 0% | -50% | 0.24 | |||||
| The Originals (R) | 0.1 | 33% | 0% | -62% | 0.18 | |||||
CW: | 0% | -55% | ||||||||
All: | +258% | -4% | ||||||||
PUT: | -11% | |||||||||
| Thursday Night Football (NFLN only) | 1.11 | 45% | -1.93 | -25% | ||||||
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