“Thursday Night Football” finally returned to Fox last night, and a good game couldn’t have come at a better time. Five new entertainment shows debuted across NBC and CBS, though none of them inspired much night-of viewing.
Due to the nature of live sports, the below fast-national Nielsen numbers for Fox should be considered subject to significant adjustment.
Fox was first in ratings with a 3.9 rating/18 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 12.7 million, according to preliminary numbers. Those are the averages of Fox’s NFL pregame show and the game itself.