The Breakdown: CBS Thursday in 2022-23 (Young Sheldon, Ghosts, So Help Me Todd and more!)

It's time for a journey through the CBS Thursday schedule in 2022-23...


fall

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	Avg
2021-22	Young Sheldon	United States of Al	Ghosts	B Positive	Bull		Bull	89
	2021-22	131	92	108	82	62			62	89
	2021-22									131	92	108	82	62	62	89
	2021-22	111		111	95				95	62	62	89
2022-23	Young Sheldon	Ghosts	So Help Me Todd		So Help Me Todd	CSI: Vegas		CSI: Vegas	93 (+4%)
	2022-23	130 (0%)	131 (+42%)	80 (-16%)		80 (-16%)	67 (+9%)			67 (+9%)	92.6637311533068
	2022-23										130.15569305266	130.859237339431	80 (-16%)	80 (-16%)	67 (+9%)	67 (+9%)	92.6637311533068
	2022-23	131 (+17%)				130.507465196045				80 (-16%)	80 (-16%)	67 (+9%)	67 (+9%)	92.6637311533068
VsAvg	-17%		-0.170178998620131	-43%		-0.432338706084892	-29%		-0.286729636841902	-29%
Rank	19/24		19/24	22/24		22/24	19/24		19/24	19/24

Fall 2022 saw the move of sophomore hit Ghosts to the 8:30 half-hour, where it had a big jump and nearly matched its Young Sheldon lead-in all season long. But the network's growth for the night was minimal, as the 9/8c hour that Ghosts left behind fell off with new legal dramedy So Help Me Todd. CSI: Vegas moved to the Thursday 10/9c hour and initially grew vs. Bull's rough fall 2021 numbers, but slightly trailed the stronger Bull portions and thus was a wash overall.

winter

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	Avg
2021-22	Young Sheldon	United States of Al	Ghosts	B Positive	Bull		Bull	100
	2021-22	137	100	122	91	74			74	100
	2021-22									137	100	122	91	74	74	100
	2021-22	118		118	106				106	74	74	100
2022-23	Young Sheldon	Ghosts	So Help Me Todd		So Help Me Todd	CSI: Vegas		CSI: Vegas	101 (+1%)
	2022-23	149 (+9%)	139 (+39%)	88 (-17%)		88 (-17%)	71 (-5%)			71 (-5%)	100.947945389737
	2022-23										149.084384577693	138.698730820595	88 (-17%)	88 (-17%)	71 (-5%)	71 (-5%)	100.947945389737
	2022-23	144 (+22%)				143.891557699144				88 (-17%)	88 (-17%)	71 (-5%)	71 (-5%)	100.947945389737
VsAvg	-14%		-0.142602408572448	-38%		-0.377986728855458	-27%		-0.272203201689531	-26%
Rank	14/24		14/24	21/24		21/24	19/24		19/24	19/24

Young Sheldon really revved up in the winter, hitting mostly high 0.6's and even a couple 0.7's. Everything else including So Help Me Todd also showed a little improvement, but Todd's big declines vs. the Ghosts-led comedy hour remained.

spring

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	Avg
2021-22	Young Sheldon	United States of Al	Ghosts	How We Roll	Bull		Bull	85
	2021-22	119	88	112	66	63			63	85
	2021-22									119	88	112	66	63	63	85
	2021-22	104		104	89				89	63	63	85
2022-23	Young Sheldon	Ghosts	So Help Me Todd		So Help Me Todd	CSI: Vegas		CSI: Vegas	90 (+5%)
	2022-23	129 (+8%)	123 (+40%)	81 (-10%)		81 (-10%)	62 (-2%)			62 (-2%)	89.6778133974986
	2022-23										128.983119241375	123.354764947206	81 (-10%)	81 (-10%)	62 (-2%)	62 (-2%)	89.6778133974986
	2022-23	126 (+22%)				126.16894209429				81 (-10%)	81 (-10%)	62 (-2%)	62 (-2%)	89.6778133974986
VsAvg	-17%		-0.165019134348267	-39%		-0.388237955476484	-30%		-0.29598987981297	-28%
Rank	16/24		16/24	23/24		23/24	22/24		22/24	21/24

Todd's smallest y2y declines came in the spring (mostly because CBS introduced How We Roll last year). That helped the network to its biggest growth period for the night, albeit still pretty small.

Rating the Ratings

Name	Lo	Avg	Hi	y2y	Plus	Label	Plusy2y	Results
Young Sheldon*	0.5	0.58	0.7	-12%	136	hit	+5%	detail
Ghosts	0.5	0.56	0.6	-2%	132	hit	+17%	detail
So Help Me Todd	0.3	0.35	0.4		82	marginal		detail
CSI: Vegas	0.2	0.29	0.4	-27%	67	flop	-13%	detail

Young Sheldon: This show's impressive second act continues, once again posting its highest Plus since the end of The Big Bang Theory. Grade: B+.

Ghosts: The 8:30 move wasn't much of a win for the night as a whole, but it was certainly a win for Ghosts, which was probably going to get a sophomore bounce anyway but saw it only exacerbated with the Sheldon lead-in. The network now has an old-fashioned comedy power hour to lean on. Grade: A-.

So Help Me Todd: The last time CBS tried a 9/8c legal dramedy after a comedy hour, it was All Rise, and it'd be tough to make the case that Todd did much better. The one thing you can say in Todd's favor is that it did hold up pretty well as the season went on, with a winter bounce and spring numbers that were the same as the fall. So maybe the bet will pay off in the future, but it hasn't really done so yet. Grade: C.

CSI: Vegas: Considering it lost some of the OG CSI cast, I guess it could've been worse, and it's not like it got a lot of help from Todd. But it's among the weaker CBS offerings, only really ahead of clear failures like True Lies, which is a sad place for the CSI franchise to be. Grade: C.

The names in this last table link to the shows' War of 18-49 pages. Links with an asterisk(*) have been updated with the new info. Updates to younger shows will come later in the summer.

Previous Breakdowns for CBS Thursday: 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22

Here's the now updated Schedules Plus for CBS Thursday.