“Grey’s Anatomy” topped all entertainment-only programming during Thursday’s primetime. We say “entertainment-only” shows, because the true winner last night was, of course, “Thursday Night Football” on Fox.
The ABC medical drama grew 18% among the key adults 18-49 demo and 7% in total viewers versus its week-ago episode and saw its largest audience since its Sept. 26 season premiere.
All around, it was a pretty uneventful night, as most shows recovered from last week’s Halloween dips or held steady.
Fox was first in ratings with a 2.6 rating/13 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 9.4 million, according to preliminary numbers. Those numbers are the averages of Fox’s half-hour pregame show and then the “Thursday Night Football” game itself, which saw the Oakland Raiders defeat the Los Angeles Chargers.
ABC was second in ratings with a 0.8/4 and third in viewers with 4.3 million. At 8 p.m., “Grey’s Anatomy” scored a 1.3/6 and 6.1 million viewers. At 9, “A Million Little Things” had a 0.8/4 and 4.5 million viewers. “How to Get Away With Murder” at 10 managed a 0.4/2 and 2.3 million viewers.
CBS was third in ratings with a 0.7/4 and second in viewers with 5.5 million. At 8, “Young Sheldon” earned a 1.1/5 and 8.7 million viewers. At 8:30, “The Unicorn” got a 0.8/4 and 5.9 million viewers. At 9, “Mom” put up a 0.8/4 and 6.2 million viewers. “Carol’s Second Act” at 9:30 received a 0.7/3 and 5 million viewers. At 10, “Evil” settled for a 0.5/3 and 3.6 million viewers.
NBC was fourth in ratings with a 0.6/3 and in viewers with 2.7 million. At 8, “Superstore” had a 0.7/4 and 2.6 million viewers. At 8:30, “Perfect Harmony” got a 0.5/2 and 2 million viewers. “The Good Place” at 9 took a 0.6/3 and 2 million viewers. At 9:30, “Will & Grace” ended the comedy block with a 0.5/2 and 2.2 million viewers. “Law & Order: SVU” at 10 closed the night with a 0.6/3 and 3.6 million viewers.
Telemundo was fifth in ratings with a 0.5/2 and in viewers with 1.4 million.
Univision was sixth in ratings with a 0.4/2 and in viewers with 1.2 million.
The CW was seventh in ratings with 0.2/1 and in viewers with 955,000. At 8, “Supernatural” had a 0.3/1 and 1.1 million viewers. At 9, “Legacies” managed a 0.2/1 and 787,000 viewers.